俱往矣,苏东波

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  • ItwasinterestingtofollowSylviaNagel'ssegmentonRoma… ItwasinterestingtofollowSylviaNagel'ssegmentonRomaniainthefiveepisodesseriesdedicatedbytheARTEchanneltothefallofthecommunisminEasternEurope20yearsago.TheeventsinRomaniahavemisleadanumberofjournalistsandcommentatorsanditisseldomaseriousandattentivecoverageofthecountryandEuropecanbeseenoutofRomania. Theauthorshavemadequiteagoodjournalisticandresearchwork,andalsosucceededtobringtoscreenabalancedview,givingtherightofopiniontoallpartsinvolvedinthecontroversialeventsthathappenedinDecember1989andthemonthsthatfollowed,withouthidingwheretheirsympathieslie.Theproblemistheformat,andthecomplexityoftheeventsthatarebeingcovered.Itisdifficultin45-50minutestopresentthebackgroundoftheeventsinthesituationofRomaniaduringtheCeausescu'syears,theeventsinDecember,andtheturmoilinthemonthsthatfollowed.Thefilmisalsoundecidedonthestylemixingdocumentaryscenes(mostifnotallwellknowninRomania)withdirecttestimoniesofsomeofthekeyplayersoftheRevolution(astheprosecutorintheprocessoftheCeausescus,ortheex-presidentIliescu)orofjustsimplepeoplewhotookouttothestreetsinthehopeofchangingtheirlivesandthehistoryoftheircountry.Toomuchintoolittletime.Itmabethatthisdocumentaryisgoodforforeignerswhoareinterestedtolearnsomethingabouttheseeventsinashorttime,buttherealgooddocumentaryfilmsabouttheeventsinDecember1989inRomaniaarestilltobemade.