I, Putin: A Portrait (2012 TV Movie) User Reviews

portrait of Russia

[Vincentiu · 4 June 2014]

it is not a film about a man. but about his country. a cold, direct image. about the perception of a noble duty, about past and future. not propaganda or demagogy. only an old tradition chain who defines the history of Russia. a man and his vision. maybe too realistic and almost cynical. but realistic. the virtue of movie - the status of support for understand a strange form of change. in fact - essence of survive in a democracy not very similar with the West rules. that equilibrium is the best ingredient of documentary. at its end, Vladimir Putin remains a stranger and the questions seems be more. but each of theme is more clear. and the map of a country like a continent, an almost exotic place is little more than a sketch. a film about Russia. maybe, an useful one as key for discover more than a poster.

A well paid propaganda

[przemekw · 1/10 · 14 November 2023]

A well paid propaganda - 600 ml EUR paid to the author by a Russian oligarch Alexiei Mordashov close to Putler, through a company registered on Virgin Islands. The aim was to portray Putler in as good light as possible, regardles how many neighbours he already invaded in his "special military operations" or will yet invade. Wars? Who cares, look at the guy, his dog loves him, he hunts in Syberia, travels in his limo, can he be bad? Next production of the author? "Ich, Kim Dzong Ung - great leader, merciful ruler, why wy North Korea and all the world love him" in which the author will portray (for a small sum in a good currency) how Kim goes fishing, wrestles with bears...

a leader, a country

[Kirpianuscus · 24 June 2017]

one of provocative films. not itself but for the expectations of the public. because it is not an homage and nor a critic. it is only a honest portrait of an East European leader, influential, obscure, strange and ambiguous for a large part of audience. his words, his decisions, his memories, his hobbies, his Russia. and the relation with the power, the influence of political traditions, the political regime, who is far to be classical democracy but, in same measure, it is not exactly the expected dictatorship. a film who, like many interviews, looking for truth. with a result who only the viewer can define. because , like each leader of Russia, from XVII century to present, the ruler is Russia. Putin is not an exception. and this fact is the basic message of the film.