Received criticism in the U.S. film about the Russian-Georgian Armed Conflict of 2008 (the second session in the hall was attended by 10 people)
Premiere of “5 days in August,” dedicated to the Russia-Georgia armed conflict that took place on Friday in the U.S.. The first theater in New York, where he began showing pictures of openly anti-Russian, became a cinema, “Angelica” in southern Manhattan.
Filming began in October 2009 on the initiative of Tbilisi, has decided to make “truthful film” about the conflict three years ago. In the chapter of the draft set of the Finnish-American director Renny Harlin, who worked on such blockbusters as “Die Hard 2″ and “Cliffhanger.” The leading role in the film were invited to a number of famous Hollywood actors, including Rupert Friend, Val Kilmer and Andy Garcia, who played Michael Saakashvili. Filming of cost, according to various estimates, from 12 to 50 million dollars, which is a record sum for the Georgian cinema.
The creators describe the picture as his child, “an international thriller action-packed,” which “sheds light on the political squabbles and the risk that accompanies the desire to open people’s eyes to the truth in times of war.” In fact, the film was pure propaganda, whose purpose - the demonization of Russia’s image.
Georgian soldiers seem real heroes opposing the ferocious mercenaries. Where in the film, Russian forces are difficult to understand - for 90-plus minutes on the screen never appears the flag of the Russian Federation.
To say that the premiere was a success, it is impossible - for the second session in the hall was attended by about 10 people, one of whom left without waiting for the final. Despite the efforts of creators, the film did not cause present in the room clearly negative attitude towards Russia’s role in armed conflict. Of the three spectators, which was able to talk corr. ITAR-TASS, only one was caught Harlin done the work, refraining from judgments about the veracity of the picture. Others do not hesitate to call the film “mediocre, mediocre” and “full of flat and outright propaganda.”
Do not shine and Reviews U.S. media, many of whom were awarded the film the lower ratings. The well-known American journalist Dzhonnatan Sanders, who worked for many years a reporter for Channel C-PBS in Moscow, told a correspondent. ITAR-TASS news agency called “5 days in August,” “the embodiment of anti-Russian and frankly custom antiosetinskogo movie.” “The film drags a bit in places, thanks to modern special effects and some pretty good fighting scenes with a set of military equipment. Otherwise, he has nothing for which he should be commended,” - he said.
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