This is really dumb. You think the creator was unaware of what he was doing? Unaware of what he was writing? Unaware of the theme that animated just about every scene in the movie? Have you watched any of it?
Or is it more likely you simply prejudged the writer/producers intentions and then failed to adjust your own preconception.
The creator of the film blasted Bongino for promoting it as a socialist/communist film. Wanting Bongino to focus on the " human error" NOT the Soviet style . OP is right.
I think this is pretty silly. Have you actually seen the movie?
I work for a profit seeking company in the capitalist US of A and I want my boss to watch Chernobyl, because I recognized some of the same issues. Issues of top down decision making, issues of wanting to report only good news up the chain. One of key point of the last episode is the fact they didn't want to move the date of a project helped contribute to the catastrophe. Issues of the bigshot wanting to make decisions with fully listening to those closest to the issue. These can and do pop up in any economic or governmental system. The issue with the Soviet system is their system tended to maximize these issues.
So yes, the filmmakers DEFINITELY intended the movie as a critique of the Soviet political system, but if you limit it to that, saying IT COULD ONLY happen there, you are missing a giant point of the film. This is a point made by the nuclear worker in this thread?
Have you watched it? I think it's pretty silly to take the word of a political commenter on a work of art's intentions over the person who researched, wrote and produced the the work of art.
Don't know what to tell you. My hubby and I went through depression after watching the last installment yesterday. We just got back from vaca and couldn't wait to see it.It was riveting...
Think I'm going to watch it again.
The reviews from top commenters who lived there during that time from IDMB couldn't say enough about how accurate it was.
Unbelievably well made film.
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18999953? ago
This is really dumb. You think the creator was unaware of what he was doing? Unaware of what he was writing? Unaware of the theme that animated just about every scene in the movie? Have you watched any of it?
Or is it more likely you simply prejudged the writer/producers intentions and then failed to adjust your own preconception.
19000712? ago
The creator of the film blasted Bongino for promoting it as a socialist/communist film. Wanting Bongino to focus on the " human error" NOT the Soviet style . OP is right.
19051236? ago
I think this is pretty silly. Have you actually seen the movie?
I work for a profit seeking company in the capitalist US of A and I want my boss to watch Chernobyl, because I recognized some of the same issues. Issues of top down decision making, issues of wanting to report only good news up the chain. One of key point of the last episode is the fact they didn't want to move the date of a project helped contribute to the catastrophe. Issues of the bigshot wanting to make decisions with fully listening to those closest to the issue. These can and do pop up in any economic or governmental system. The issue with the Soviet system is their system tended to maximize these issues.
So yes, the filmmakers DEFINITELY intended the movie as a critique of the Soviet political system, but if you limit it to that, saying IT COULD ONLY happen there, you are missing a giant point of the film. This is a point made by the nuclear worker in this thread?
Have you watched it? I think it's pretty silly to take the word of a political commenter on a work of art's intentions over the person who researched, wrote and produced the the work of art.
19056254? ago
Don't know what to tell you. My hubby and I went through depression after watching the last installment yesterday. We just got back from vaca and couldn't wait to see it.It was riveting... Think I'm going to watch it again. The reviews from top commenters who lived there during that time from IDMB couldn't say enough about how accurate it was. Unbelievably well made film.