Director ilinca calugareanu producer mara adina edi. Their very real struggle has finally been brought to the screen with the 2018 docudrama chuck norris vs. Chuck norris vs communism is a 2015 romanianbritish documentary film written and directed by ilinca calugareanu. After the communist regime was established in 1948, travel was restricted, the media were censored and the secret police watched everyone. Communism stylish, breezily entertaining documentary explores the littleknown role played by hollywood movies and one heroic film dubber in toppling. Chuck norris vs communism trailer video independent lens. Watch on netflix discover the magic of film and the power it has to change lives. Written and directed by san diego based musician and filmmaker jason blackmore, records collecting dust documents the vinyl record collections, origins, and holy grails of alternative music icons jello biafra, chuck dukowski, keith morris, john reis, and over thirty other underground music comrades. Movies really do change the world in ilinca calugareanus chuck norris vs. Apr 01, 2016 check out chuck norris vs communism by anne nikitin and rob manning on amazon music. Journal home about this journal statement on open access. Jan 04, 2016 in this excerpt from chuck norris vs communism, romanian dictator nicolae ceau. Communism translates this mixture of buoyant community spirit with an everpresent fear of surveillance, but it is the humour and warmth that stops the film from being dull.
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Discover the magic of film and the power it has to change lives. Communism shows how the american dream toppled a communist regime. Set 10 years after the film trilogy, three new characters continue the chase for easy money in stockholms changed underworld and startup. Jan 04, 2016 watch the chuck norris vs communism trailer.
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. Chuck norris vs communism 2015 ilinca calugareanu cast. Online shopping from a great selection at prime video store. Nov 26, 2015 one of its most recent productions, chuck norris vs. Nistor worked as a translator of tv programs in romania under the communist. With irina margareta nistor, teodor zamfir, mircea cojocaru, vlad craioveanu. Communism shines a light on a little known part of history and illuminates how the power of cinema can inspire a nation. Indexing process is completely automated we do not check it. Chuck norris vs communism 2015 webrip x264radioactive seeds. Communism fondly looks back on the rapid rise of the bootleg vhs market in 1980s communist romania and the cultural and possibly political influence this market had on romanian society. Chuck norris vs communism is an hbo europe, arte and openvizor co production, presented by ratpac documentary films and impact partners produced in association with passion pictures.
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Titolo originale chuck norris vs communism paese di produzione germania, gb, romania anno 2015 durata 78 min dati tecnici colore rapporto. The evolution of adult cinema through the most influential films in history, a journey that begins in the 1970s and ends nowadays. Chuck norris vs communism 2015 123movies 123 movies. 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. This documentary looks back on romanian dictator nicolae ceau.
Communism, a wewerethere account of how bootlegs of hollywood movies. 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. The power of movies is at the center of chuck norris vs. Jan 31, 2015 insert your own bogus chuck norris fact here. Stephen fry david mitchell and jo brand talking about chuck norris vs communism on bbcs qi. Chuck norris vs communism 2015 in late eighties, in ceausescus romania, a black market vhs bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of western films to the romanian people and sowed the seeds of a revolution. This entry was posted in uncategorized on january 16, 2015 by katerina fucsikova.
Communism gives viewers hope that great stories can empower even those who seem the most isolated. Adina recently completed ilinca calugareanus debut feature film chuck norris vs communism which premiered in competition at sundance 2015. Chuck norris vs communism roumanie communiste annees 80. Adam tod brown, jess mcdonald and mon rok are your hosts. Chuck norris vs communism official trailer youtube. We wanted to share some of our recent good news with you. It suggests that the 80s action star of such hits as missing in action, the delta force and lone wolf mcquade brought down the iron curtain.
Jan 25, 2015 chuck norris counted to infinity twice. Chuck norris has a lot going for it, but its most powerful effect is to remind us of the simple freedoms we enjoy. It looks like we dont have any quotes for this title yet. A black market racketeer and a courageous female translator bring the magic of film behind the iron curtain. Often rerecording seven or eight different films in one night, nistor. Widescreen genere documentario, trash regia ilinca. Communism times were tough in 1980s romania, as the countrys communist regime repressed its citizens and cut off much contact with. Chuck norris vs communism documentary about hollywood. The other, oddly similar sundance documentary, chuck norris vs. Today, 1st of april, chuck norris vs communism has gone live on netflix. She graduated from the school of slavonic and eastern european studies, university college. Jun 26, 2017 how chuck norris helped bring down communism. Communism, documentary, sundance 2015, sundance film festival cancel reply your email address will.
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Irina margareta nistor, born 26 march 1957, is a romanian translator and film critic. Well, that and the violent end to communist rule in romania. Chuck norris vs communism travels to 1980s romania, where thousands of hollywood vhs tapes slipped behind the iron curtain, opening a window into the. 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. Through entrepreneurship and black markets, people living under tyrannical regimes can still see examples of humanity, love, and the promise of a better world beyond their borders. Ilinca calugareanus documentary shows how a husky voice and a smuggler turned romanians into film and freedom addicts. An indepth analysis of the success of the most prestigious erotic films, their impact on industry and society, and their influence on cinema and contemporary culture. Communism 2015 is available on netflix united states. Mircrew chuck norris vs communism 2015 rip by cannonball for mircrewreleases.
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