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Z
1969 · Film · 122 min
Directed by Costa-Gavras
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
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Probably the best political movie of all time is Z. It's 2 hours and not very nuanced.
Clearly unrelated, but interesting that 'Z' is used as a symbol of rebellion against the junta following a coup d'etat in the film of the same name. Though based on events in Greece in the 60s, the themes of corruption, intimidation and oppresion of freedom are probably what we would be seeing under a 'Z' controlled Ukraine. The cynic in me thinks that whoever decided on this branding of the Russian invasion knew that it would be a headache to moderate/censor in more open societies due to plausible deniability, as this discussion shows.
Reminds me of the movie Z. The movie is based on the Greek military coup and dictatorship of 1967-1974. In the movie (and maybe in real life) the junta banned the letter "Z" because it was used to signify "he lives" in reference to Grigoris Lambrakis, a leftist politician who was assassinated prior to the coup.
One thing I was hoping this series would shed light on was an oddity in demographic voting patterns with the ratings system.
From my own (anecdotal) observation, there's a class of films where the 'Females 45+' rating is a big outlier in the voting, with a large proportion of '1' votes. it's as if there's a gang of a few hundred users consistently downvoting films who are classed by IMDB as being part of that demographic - I don't know if it's a default setting that some bots or trolls have used or if there really are a bunch of cinephobic old women out there just watching and hating on films, but it did spark my curiosity as to what the pattern was. It doesn't happen in every film, and it's rare that you see any other demographic sticking out like this.
The best examples are critically acclaimed films with low voter counts. More popular, or less well-received films tend to have a lot of negative noise to begin with, so the effect is less noticeable, if it's there at all.
Here's some examples:
Army of Shadows : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064040/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt
Spartacus : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054331/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt
Ikiru : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044741/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt
Passion of Joan of Arc : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019254/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt
Breathless : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053472/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt
Z : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065234/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Barry Lyndon : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072684/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt