Election campaigning In regards to the film “The Real Putin”, there may be only one objectivity – this is propaganda with the final conclusion: “Do not vote for Putin on March 4, 2012, vote for anyone but him.” If you need a movie after that date, decide for yourself. After Mironov, Zhirinovsky and Prokhorov congratulated on the victory of Vladimir Putin, and the second did it in a yellow jacket and voted further for Medvedev for the post of Prime Minister, this film naturally causes me, a somewhat naive person, a completely different attitude than before the elections.
This is what we can say about objectivity. Objectivity is created partly by subjectivity and partly by subjectivity. So the subjectivity is this:
1. If you’re for Putin, either you don’t like the film and you give him a low rating, or you change your opinion after watching it (there is a possibility, because the propaganda is quite high-quality, although not at the level of “Fahrenheit 9/11”, which, however, did not work at the time). However, when evaluating, if you are not a strong supporter of United Russia, many factors can play.
2. If you are against Putin, there are plenty of options. Not everyone likes Navalny, not everyone likes Shevchuk. Many may not like the concept of “no matter who but Putin.” You may not like outright propaganda on its own. So, in this case, you will give a low rating.
But if the anti-Putin films were made in such a way that they were given only high ratings, maybe it would work much more effectively. In this case, this is not very convincing propaganda. As for Putin, yes, the authors did their best to show him in all his glory as soon as he could be shown in half an hour. The fact that billions of dollars from the budget are spent on the comfort of Vladimir Putin personally, few people can like. The authors convincingly argue that the problems in Russia are much larger than in the 90s, and that, therefore, the slogan “Let’s not go back to the 90s” should not bother us. It is also good that they mentioned in passing that one should not categorically tune in against Western propaganda (which Westerners themselves are not aware of), for now it is only necessary to start a war with the West. Because Russia is dying without it.
But with regard to the March 4 election, which has been the focus of attention, the propaganda is not convincing, at least after this election. For it is difficult to believe now that anything depended on these elections.
"Was hexogen in Ryazan?" - that's what else should worry our mind. This inscription on the poster of one of the protesters, caught in the frame, is a significant part of the rest of the film. In fact, that’s why I give a much greater preference in terms of such paintings “Attempt on Russia” (whose name is not Alexander Litvinenko). It, for all its simplicity, has not lost its significance, and what it presents is diabolically difficult to refute. And “The Real Putin” is quite an ordinary picture, although it would not hurt to see it for the whole country.