Communism is a provocative title for a movie about cultural provocation. The documentary story of how chuck norris defeated communism. In 1980s romania, thousands of american movies were smuggled through the iron curtain, opening a window into the free world. Chuck norris vs communism is a 2015 romanianbritish documentary film written and directed by ilinca calugareanu. When you were a kid and you were having those classic, theoretical bruce lee vs. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. London, united kingdom opendemocracy chuck norris vs. A black market racketeer and a courageous female translator bring the magic of film behind the iron curtain. They are all here as the romanian people made our beloved action. Chuck norris versus communism is a great documentary about art, the power of heroes, and the end of communism in romania. In spite of numerous problems in government and recent attacks on free speech, we dont think twice when shows such as south park, making a murderer. Chuck norris vs communism trailer video independent. Communism reminds american audiences that we are fortunate to live in a relatively free society that enables us to take our entertainment and access to information for granted.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Watching the film for the first time, i was quite taken with how people spoke about the meaningful ways that these lowquality bootleg films affected. In 1980s romania, a vhs player cost as much as a car and american action films were a symbol of freedom. Today, 1st of april, chuck norris vs communism has gone live on netflix worldwide. Communism is not particularly enlightening, however entertaining it is. Toppling communist oppression in chuck norris vs communism duration. Titolo originale chuck norris vs communism paese di produzione germania, gb, romania anno 2015 durata 78 min dati tecnici colore rapporto. Chuck norris vs communism full film video independent. Ultimately, this movie is a meditation on the transformative power of the movies. Chuck norris vs communism official trailer youtube. Chuck norris has a lot going for it, but its most powerful effect is to remind us of the simple freedoms we enjoy. This documentary, combining interviews with shadowy reenactments, explores the underground video culture of romania in the 1980s when the government of nicolae ceaucescu, controlled everything in romanian society. Chuck norris vs communism travels to 1980s romania, where thousands of hollywood vhs tapes slipped behind the iron curtain, opening a window into the.
The fearless stories of action heroes like chuck norris and jeanclaude van damme captured every childs imagination, but it was the lavish settings and backdrops. Not rated 1h 18min documentary, comedy, history 12 november 2015 germany. A mesmerising thriller about the magic of film and the power it has to change lives. Rambo, red dawn, lone wolf mcquade, rocky, robocop, dirty dancing, invasion usa, uncommon valor, red heat and missing in action. Communism, a wewerethere account of how bootlegs of hollywood movies. After the communist regime was established in 1948, travel was restricted, the media were censored and the secret police watched everyone.
Chuck norris vs communism travels to 1980s romania, where thousands of hollywood vhs tapes slipped behind the iron curtain, opening a window into the west. Communism is a vernon films production produced in association with passion pictures, presented by ratpac documentary films and impact partners and coproduced with openvizor, hbo europe and wdr in collaboration with arte. Chuck norris may have been a downmarket movie fantasy, but to romanians who watched bootleg videos in secret in the waning years of communism, he was a prophet from the forbidden west of big cars. Romanias experience with information smuggling was not the first.
Check out chuck norris vs communism by anne nikitin and rob manning on amazon music. With irina margareta nistor, teodor zamfir, mircea cojocaru, vlad craioveanu. Movies really do change the world in ilinca calugareanus chuck norris vs. The film is about the illegal importation of american action and religious films on vhs cassettes to romania in the late 1970s and 1980s, which the filmmakers believe contributed to the fall of the nicolae ceau. Kicking the censors foundation for economic education. Communism was screened at londons somerset house this week, as part of the unorthodocs programme. Chuck norris vs communism by anne nikitin and rob manning. Listen to your favorite songs from chuck norris vs communism by anne nikitin and rob manning now. The film is about the illegal importation of american action and religious films. Communism is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Chuck norris vs communism rob manning filmtv composer. In the oppressive 1980s communist romania, the smuggled vhs tapes of banned hollywood films become an inspirational ray of hope.
The humorously titled documentary chuck norris vs communism beautifully captures irinas story and the impact western movies had on the imaginations of romanians living under authoritarianism. Lindsay buckingham holiday road national lampoons vacation edit duration. Mircrew chuck norris vs communism 2015 rip by cannonball for mircrewreleases. One of the above statements actually contains a gra.
A black market vhs racketeer and a courageous female translator brought the magic of western film to the people of 1980s romania, sparking revolution. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Discover the magic of film and the power it has to change lives. One of its most recent productions, chuck norris vs. As a film on contemporary politics, chuck norris vs. Released 2015, chuck norris vs communism stars the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 18 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. A hybrid feature about the magic of film and the power it has to change lives. In 1989 country after country in central and eastern europe shifted from rule by communist dictatorships to rule by constitutional democracies. A blackmarket vhs racketeer and a courageous female translator brought the magic of film to the people and.
Buy chuck norris vs communism dvd italian import from amazons movies store. English us espanol portugues brasil francais france deutsch. Promo clip for ilinca calugareanus documentary feature about vcr tapes. Chuck norris vs communism tells the story of an ordinary but courageous romanian woman, and the story of the communist era in romania the story of an era that would have been more or less storyless if it werent for western films that got smuggled across the border, and for irina nistor who dubbed them tirelessly. In 1980s romania, thousands of western films smashed through the iron curtain opening a window into the free world for those who dared to look. How chuck norris helped bring down communism dont fk with chuck at a time when travel and video players were illegal in romania, smuggled chuck norris tapes gave people a window to the west.
Chuck norris vs communism 2015stream and watch online. Communism she recreates some of those magical moments by using actors to portray both the videocassette watchers such as herself and the videocassette makersnamely zamfir and irina nistor, the translator he hired to do almost all of the dubbing on tape. Unfortunately chuck norris vs communism says everything it needs to say in its first 15 minutes, and then just keeps rewinding the tape. Communism, will be screened this thursday 8 pm, saturday 11.
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