If you seek to grasp the mindset of the Russian people and their obsessions with WWII, which is understandable because the Soviet Union lost more than 27 million people in the conflict, do yourself a favor and watch this hour and a half long documentary on the 2017 Victory Day celebrations at Berlin's Soviet War Memorial, filmed in the style of a Terrence Malick's movie. There's no background commentary or narration, just you the viewer observing people participating in the celebrations. Somewhat boring if you lack patience to sit through a documentary with no sense of filming direction. My hats off to the Russian people when it comes to honoring their veterans in a stylistic manner that evokes memories of the "Great Patriotic War", even though I have my disagreements with Putin's action in Ukraine since Feb 24, 2022. A one time watch for me, I rate this a 5 out of 10. Not good but not bad either. So-So.
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