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It was the best of times it was the worst of times' Maligned misunderstood & fetishized the 1980's stands as the decade when post-modern life began in the west & London was at the epicenter of this shift An explosion of creativity took place against a backdrop of radical social change London became a city of tribes The vast youth culture categories of the preceding decades shattered into shards It was the decade that sub-culture as a way of life reached it's zenith before giving way to it's inevitable scene surfing conclusion Ridgers documented this cultural moment obsessively Punks post-punks cyber-punks gothic punks mods hard mods Trojan skins racist skins ska reggae dub early electronica synth pop acid house happy hardcore Blitz Kids New Romantics Hip-Hop Rap Electro Break Beat Techno Rave
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In The Fog DVD

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In 1942 Belarus is in the hands of Nazis and the local militia Sushenya is taken from his house in the middle of the night by Burov and his sidekick Voitik two partisan fighters hiding out in the hills and forest Sushenya is the only one of four captured rail workers who has been allowed to live by the occupying Germans after seemingly sabotaging the rail tracks With the village and even his wife turned against him as a collaborator Sushenya accepts what must happen next until the Germans suddenly appear and he is - perhaps - given a second chance leaving space for doubt both on his betrayal and on the legitimacy of punishment by death The three and later two - men walk in the wood
exhausted fleeing death from the Nazis while discussing and living the moral dilemmas of treason heroism guilt and revenge Shot in sumptuous long takes and vibrant colour In the Fog ultimately questions the corruption of man's very humanity in the context of war Actors Vladimir Svirski Vlad Abashin Sergei KolesovDirectors Sergei LoznitsaFormat PALLanguage RussianSubtitles EnglishRegion Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats)Number of discs 1
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In 1942 Belarus is in the hands of Nazis & the local militia Sushenya is taken from his house in the middle of the night by Burov & his sidekick Voitik two partisan fighters hiding out in the hills & forest Sushenya is the only one of four captured rail workers who has been allowed to live by the occupying Germans after seemingly sabotaging the rail tracks With the village & even his wife turned against him as a collaborator Sushenya accepts what must happen next until the Germans suddenly appear & he is
- perhaps
- given a second chance leaving space for doubt both on his betrayal & on the legitimacy of punishment by death The three & later two
- men walk in the wood exhausted fleeing death from the Nazis while discussing & living the moral dilemmas of treason heroism guilt & revenge Shot in sumptuous long takes & vibrant colour In the Fog ultimately questions the corruption of man's very humanity in the context of war Actors Vladimir Svirski Vlad Abashin Sergei Kolesov Directors Sergei Loznitsa Format PALLanguage Russian Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1

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