“Battle …” for the movie. Today, in the public mind, “cinema” is almost a synonym for the word “leisure”, a pleasant spectacle. And “Battle …” plunges into the thick of the most unromantic events – anti-globalization unrest in Seattle in 1999 during the WTO session.
1.“Battle…” for cinema. Today, in the public mind, “cinema” is almost a synonym for the word “leisure”, a pleasant spectacle. And “Battle …” plunges into the thick of the most unromantic events – anti-globalization unrest in Seattle in 1999 during the WTO session. When a protest demonstration of ten thousand turned into a real mutiny, a state of emergency was introduced in the city, and both the police and the US National Guard were brought in to suppress the riot.
2.Present time. The action of “Battle …” unfolds as if in real time, following the events of the Seattle riot. And here, in the film, the very nature of cinema, the art that observes time, comes to life: the era, its signs and milestones, and the length of the personal time of the characters, the development of their characters and destinies. “Battle …” proves that there is nothing more exciting in cinema than a multi-figure composition, when you can “scoop” a little bit of the experience of other people – both rebel activists, and ordinary cops, and city functionaries, and a reporter, and crowd control commanders .
3.Personal response. “Battle…” is the directorial debut of a famous actor, a 36-year-old Irishman who has protest in his genes, in his blood, and cinema is a big part of his life. According to his own script, he made a film about a sense of protest, about civic indifference and personal responsibility of people for the events of a great history. The last time film directors-debutants set themselves such tasks was 40 years ago…
Starring: Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta, Connie Nielsen, Martin Henderson, Rade Serbedgia.At the box office from June 5th.