I just rewatched it because today’s the anniversary of Stalin’s death and once again I’m absolutely blown away by how great it is.First off the casting is absolutely amazing (I mean Jason Issacs and Steve Buscemi and Michael Palin in the same movie?!) and the lack of accents just sets up the absurd tone so well. The actors aren’t forced into doing a Russian accent so they can really nail the comedic timing while still maintaining a serious but somehow also goofy tone. Put all that together with excellent writing and directing and you end up with a perfect dark comedy.The icing on the cake, for me at least, is that it’s also reasonably historically accurate. Stalin really did have a stroke and spent the night in a puddle of his own piss because people were terrified to disturb him and then died because he killed all the competent doctors in one of his purges. Lavrenti Beria really was the monster he’s portrayed as and Khrushchev really did use humor to seem non-threatening before successfully rising to power instead of Malenkov. Those are just a few examples but the list goes on.10/10 movie IMO and you should all go watch it tonight in celebration of the death of one of the most despicable people to walk this earth. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/zrjQDXa
