Despite his claim of objectivity, director Cyril Tuschi speaks to more of Khodorkovsky's friends than foes
Proving there is nothing like a scandal to get bums on seats, the hot ticket at this year's Berlin film festival was a documentary by an obscure German director about the jailed Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
The film had been due for a handful of low-key screenings until someone stole it from the director's office 10 days ago and suddenly everybody wanted to see it.
In fairness, it was always an interesting proposition. With a budget of just €400,000 (£336,000), the director, Cyril Tuschi, claimed to have secured something no media organisation in the world had managed: an on-camera interview conducted through the bars of the dock during Khodorkovsky's second trial in Moscow last year.
Oddly, the interview itself is one of the less gripping scenes in the 113-minute documentary. It is remarkable only for...
Proving there is nothing like a scandal to get bums on seats, the hot ticket at this year's Berlin film festival was a documentary by an obscure German director about the jailed Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
The film had been due for a handful of low-key screenings until someone stole it from the director's office 10 days ago and suddenly everybody wanted to see it.
In fairness, it was always an interesting proposition. With a budget of just €400,000 (£336,000), the director, Cyril Tuschi, claimed to have secured something no media organisation in the world had managed: an on-camera interview conducted through the bars of the dock during Khodorkovsky's second trial in Moscow last year.
Oddly, the interview itself is one of the less gripping scenes in the 113-minute documentary. It is remarkable only for...
- 2/15/2011
- by Helen Pidd
- The Guardian - Film News
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