Raspad is an exciting and anguishing movie to watch and to be part of. The chaos and hysteria depicted in the film draws the viewer into the movie and he/she experience the panic and horror experienced by the residents of the immediate area where the reactor exploded and how it effected all the areas around it, far and wide. It continues to show life after the melt down and what people did, what they were told to do, when no one really knew what to do, how they tried to cope with the knowledge that they may be irreparably damaged and would shortly die, and how in a film noir sort of way they became crazed and made themselves laugh, party, drink hard, sing sad songs, dance, make love and over indulge because it was their last days on earth. It shows how society collapsed because of eminent doom. I had the privilege of working on the project with the generous members of the Pacific Film Fund and with the director, Michael Belikov, when he was brought to the United States for post production through generous donations of concerned citizens against nuclear proliferation, so that Mr. Belikov could complete his very important film project. Though the emotional gravity sometimes gets lost in the translation of mere words spoken by actors, the energy that the film projects about this topic is immediately understood. I did the subtitles for the movie and I'm sure it wasn't enough, words are sometimes limiting, so I encourage the viewer, the audience, to read through the lines, not just between, and to feel what millions must have felt when they learned of their eminent doom and how they've had to live with the changes in nature, in their health, and in their lives since that accident.
