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Post #1398427

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Vultural
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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31-Dec-2020, 12:34 PM

18: Clash Of Futures - 2018 - 7/10

Followup to the series 14: Diaries Of The Great War, covering the interwar years 1919-1939.
Cossack rebel, Marina Yurlova, carries over from the previous series, but by and large these are new memoirs.
Luminaries include Pola Negri, Rudolf Höss, Unity Mitford. (Sisters Mitford deserve a doc of their own.)
There is a wealth of material used, perhaps too much, as the result is often a hodgepodge.
History buffs will appreciate the mix of footage (excellent, by the way) with reenactments.
Others may be baffled, trying to keep pace. Brits may find references to Mosley unsettling.
Disjointed, yet compelling observation of an era torn between communism and fascism, with democracy waffling in the corner. Though democracy has ever been a guise for capitalism.
And know ye, whatever your ism, tis a fool’s game and squarely rigged against you.