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dykoluv · 10 months

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"PU-239"

I have to start like this before truly going head first into this. Gorgeous. Simply fucking gorgeous. And this doesn't apply only to my liking for the Soviet and Post Soviet era of Russia, it applies to human and their behaviors.

Pu-239, or originally known as The Half Life of Timofey Berezin, is a British drama, released in 2006 that follows the tangled story of two men. Timofey and Shiv.

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It's only right we start with Timofey. In his case, recklessly thinking that he can leap to prevent a critical malfunction within the nuclear power point, he is exposed to radiation. The blame - as it's always expected with the Russians - was placed on him. Forced to comply with his manager, Timofey is given the truth by a colleague of his. The numbers he was given were low, 100 rem, but in reality he was exposed to 1000 rem.

His days were counted. Each second was his last.

Left only to worry for his family - Marina and Tolya - he decides to do the extreme. Telling Marina that a job awaits for him in Moscow, he leaves. She trusts him, of course, but asks for a kiss. One that would be their last too.

Of course, there is no job, but despair. Coming up with a plan, Timofey returns to his workplace only to steal Plutonium-239 with the intention of selling it. From here on out his story gets tangled with Shiv's.

Now this man is chaotic to the max, he's some kind of a gangster that is bad at being a gangster. Always belittled by those he works with led him to yearns to prove himself.

Now to ground our setting a bit more, were in post Soviet Russia, a few years after it's dissolution. Of course as capitalism bloomed, the mafia's ways returned with their protection fees.

The gang Shiv is part of isn't the most brilliant one, as all 3 together couldn't properly remember an address, and they accidently blow up a shop that is under different protection from a different mafia head. This forces them to pay the damages, not in rubles, but in dollars. They go through their mischiefs trying to make a quick buck only to take separated ways, leaving Shiv alone to find his half of the required money.

Finally, our two meet in a flea market in Moscow. Timofey simply holding a sign that says pu-239 gets Shiv's attention, sparking his curiosity. Seeing that Shiv had no clue what was at stake, Timofey almost gives up on trying to explain. Shiv being insistent tells him that no one will buy whatever he's selling without help. And such the two embark together on their wild ride. By now Timofey is abruptly feeling worse and worse but pushes through. Only for his son sake.

Going from mafia head to mafia head, they fail to get a proper number, as both have no interest in some nuclear weapon.

Defeated, Timofey asks Shiv for one last ride to the train station, at which Shiv promises he'll do it only to drive to one of the mafia's private party. There, he's plead and insistence is reaching a limit, getting him shot twice. Timofey hardly manages to drag him out of the way, leaving him between cars. With their plan over, and minutes until he'd collapse, he takes his leave only to be attacked by Shiv's "work partners" and shot dead.

In the aftermath, his wife Marina is left to ask for her rights, which she gains. Leaving the country with their son.

"Light is a particle and a wave. This is hard to understand how a thing can be two things at once; but a woman is also both a particle and a wave. She's a wave when you see her reach down to pull a shell from the sea, and you feel her beauty pass through you like electrical current. She's a particle when her hair brushes your face, and her hands push into yours. And a child is also a particle and a wave. He is a wave the sound of his pain shoots through and twists you away from yourself. And he is a particle when a doctor hands you a baby; a small mirror. Women, children and light can be two things at once; a particle, a wave. They ricochet off the hard surfaces and illuminate the corners. Without them it would be far darker."

(Timofey explaining the light, something recurrent in the movie)

Now that I've laid down a summary, I want to talk about the way Timofey was written. Through the whole movie his voice is above everyone. He's a troubled soul that thinks too much and feels too much. And he's not afraid to say it. Paddy Considine, who played Timofey, did a wonderful job capturing the amount of emotions the character was going through. Pain, agaony, everything was there. You could feel the pain through the screen, behind the beautifully colored scenes and grainy look. You could see Timofey dying.

Oscar Isaac who played Shiv did just as good with portraying all the confusion and thoughts that went through Shiv's mind. At first I found it hard to believe he'd actually want this life of crimes, always second guessing the orders given, apologizing at every chance. This wasn't what he wanted to do, but rather what he had to survive.

Oddly, out of all things, their characters were drawn together by one thing. The well being of their sons.

In the end, the movie was on spot on inflicting feelings into the watchers. And perhaps making us understand the reasoning behind those actions.

Despair.

#pu-239 #movie analysis #movie review #opinion #The Half Life of Timofey Berezin #long post #summary #commentary #hbo max #hbo films #oscar isaac #paddy considine

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rickchung · 11 months

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Reality (dir. Tina Satter).

Sydney Sweeney stars more than capably as the eponymous [Reality] Winner in a truly unsettling, naturalistic performance. She starts off as a seemingly unremarkable office worker and Air Force veteran before slowly unravelling under questioning as we learn more about her role in altruistically releasing classified government materials to the media.

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thenewdemocratus · 11 months

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Moog Rogue: Mr. Conservative: Barry Goldwater at The 1964 Republican National Convention

. Source:The FreeState What sounded like an extreme statement in 1964 when America was still in the New Deal/Great Society Progressive Era of the Democratic Party, in a country that was just starting to move right, sounds like a very intelligent, logical, mainstream view today. Whether it was coming from the Right or Left, because what Senator Goldwater was saying was what was called extremism…

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#1964 Presidential Election #Barry Goldwater #Barry Goldwater For President #Conservatism #Conservative Libertarianism #Conservative Libertarians #Conservatives #HBO #HBO Films #Mr. Conservative #Republican Party #The 1960s

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thenerdsofcolor · 1 year

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Sydney Sweeney and Tina Satter on Telling the Story of 'Reality'

Sydney Sweeney and Tina Satter on Telling the Story of 'Reality' @sydney_sweeney @HalfStraddle #Reality #ThisIsReality @StreamOnMax @HBO

Written, directed, and executive produced by Tina Satter and based on her 2019 play, HBO Films’ Reality stars Sydney Sweeney and debuted to rave reviews at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival. The movie is currently available to stream on Max. Continue reading Untitled

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#actress #based on true events #director #exclusive interview #executive producer #Films #HBO #HBO Films #Interview #Max #Movies #Reality #Streaming #Sydney Sweeney #Tina Satter #writer #YouTube

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go-see-a-starwar · 5 months

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Absolutely ready for the Haydenaissance let’s do this

#hayden christensen #DILF-era Hayden let’s gooooooo #get him an HBO drama #get him in an A24 film #get him the most Oscar-baity script possible #the 2020s are gonna belong to Hayden (like the Aughts should have)#ready for the haydennaisance #about to be booked and busy #it’s what he deserves

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bkenber · 2 years

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'Game Change' - When Julianne Moore Gave Empathy to Sarah Palin

‘Game Change’ – When Julianne Moore Gave Empathy to Sarah Palin

WRITER’S NOTE: This review was written in 2012. With the 2022 midterm elections now concluded, I thought it would be fun to revisit this one. It will be interesting to see what people think of “Game Change,” assuming of course they can get past their own political prejudices while watching it. We have long since made up our minds about the former Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin and are…

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filmreveries · 1 year

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“Do you ever feel like bad things are gonna happen to you, and you just can’t stop ‘em?”

Sharp Objects (2018) dir. Jean-Marc Vallée

#sharp objects #sharp objects hbo #gillian flynn #amy adams #eliza scanlen #chris messina #patricia clarkson #jean marc vallée #horror #horror edit #film screencaps #film stills #films #screencaps #cinematography

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mdawgswizzleinthehizzle · 3 months

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pedro’s laugh is such a serotonin boost.

#the last of us #pedro pascal #joel miller #tlou #hbo the last of us #the mandalorian #magic #din djarin #narcos #javier peña #drive away dolls #pedroispunk #pedropascal #pedrohub #sundance #sundance film festival

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texaschainsawmascara · 2 months

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Jemima Kirke & Paz de la Huerta

high school circa 2001-2005 / 2013

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jasmineneroli · 1 year

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Lily Rose Depp at the 76th annual Cannes film festival

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itswhatyougive · 7 months

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What I don't get about the password-sharing fiasco is....if it was the olden days and you rented a couple DVD/VHS movies, until you brought them back to the shop you could do whatever with them.

You could give them to other people to watch. You could show a movie to a group of ten friends. You had already paid for the tapes, so who was going to care what you did with them in that time?

Similarly, if you have already paid for a Netflix/Max/Dianey+/Paramount+/whatever subscription, you're getting charged monthly for that. The companies have already decided how much it is worth to rent their entire catalogue to you for a month.

So during your "rental period" for these movies and shows, who are they to say what you do with them? If you have someone over for Netflix and chill, they aren't part of your household, so should they not be able to watch a movie you are renting? If you want your friends to see something cool, who cares if they live a town away? That movie is still being paid for, and your "rental" will renew the following month when you pay your bill.

It feels like going to a video store, paying for a bunch of movies, then having to march back to the store with the friend who's going to watch them with you so they can also pay for the movies......while you're still renting them.

#corporate greed #netflx #paramount+#disney+#hbo max #studio executives #streaming services #streaming shows #nickel and diming #digital media #television series #television #movies #film #tv series #tv shows #video streaming #video store #video rental

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mastersoftheair · 4 months

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additional photos from the total film article that i either haven't seen anywhere else or text-less versions of photos i have seen

#like that last one for instance i've only seen cropped to remove the textbox. here's a textbox-free one!#or like pic two. which i Have posted before but total film has since brightened what was a very dark photo. thanks for that #masters of the air #hbo war #behind the scenes #callum turner #austin butler #barry keoghan #anthony boyle #and so on and so forth #there was a nate one i wanted to clean up but it's mostly transparent and idk how to fix that lol

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queerasian · 4 months

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“I guess the one that was most impactful for me was when we are having dinner - when they are having dinner -” jeremy strong continuing to make me feel a thousand inexplicable emotions (link)

#crying gnashing my teeth etc. i miss this show sm #also who decided to ask him that question as if there was any chance of it illiciting a lighthearted jovial response #jeremy and his deeply thoughtful answers can actually be something that is so personal to me #. hold on i just remembered that this is the scene where jeremy burst into tears filming one of the takes im gonna go be sad now #succession #jeremy strong #hbo succession #kendall roy #queerasian.txt

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thenewdemocratus · 11 months

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Moog Rogue: Mr. Conservative: Barry Goldwater's Opposition to The 1964 Civil Rights Act

. Source:The FreeState I have a lot of respect for Barry Goldwater, he’s probably my favorite Conservative. But as Julian Bond says in this video, Senator Goldwater was just plain wrong about the 1964 Civil Rights Act. And what I would add to that is that because here’s a man a sitting United States Senator probably the most effective and intelligent Conservative spokesmen in Congress who was…