Review of Leviathan (2014) by Usman K — 06 Dec 2015
Old church (representing old values), presumably burnt down by communists, is ruined and demolished along with the values we used to hold dear, and new one is in a making for new people and new values.
New people being a new breed of persons integrated in new values such as: Get reach fast on expanse of others, where feeling good about yourself comes first to real accomplishments, where immorality and thievery are promoted, where hard work and modesty are ridiculed and marginalized, where nobody questions where the wealth comes from and the only important thing who has and who has not regardless of the way they got it.
So this movie tries to describe new post-communist times where one of the pillars of morality, the Church, has become Leviathan - the twisted monster of modern times, silent promoter of new "values" and a valued partner of forever corrupted government in exploiting the common folk.
New Church (read new values) likes expensive cars, it likes rich people, it likes brute force and ignorance, and despise all of those who are not all of that.
This review of Leviathan (2014) was written by Usman K on 06 Dec 2015.
Leviathan has generally received very positive reviews.
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