European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse S i i m a i i i s x a c ifs n v"1 Columbia picture Stalin and his inner Circle of officials stroll through the streets of Moscow in the movie the inner Vinc staff writer 1 on Mon 11 s 1 inner Circle rated r a a 1/2 must see Worth your time passable entertainment coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait watching Ivan san Shin Tom Hulce Areen giddily through the belly of Joe italino a Russia at the height of the dicta or a reign of terror its easy to imagine Why the system lasted As Long As it did a he citizenry was heavily populated with deluded acquiescent dolts. Ivan is a prime example an unquestioning sheep dancing to the tune of his shepherds. When he is plucked from his lab existence to become the film projectionist for Stalin and his a dinner Circle a he is overjoyed that someone anyone has Given meaning to his desultory existence. Director Andre con Halovsky proceeds to offer up a neat discourse on the nature of subservience and the cult of personality. The Story is set up Well in hair raising fashion. On the very night Ivan marries Anastasia Lolita Davidovich turning in compelling work Sharp Knock sounds on the door of his basement apartment. Its the dreaded Kab which Only hours earlier had stormed a neighbors apartment and carted him away to a Fate Ivan does no to even want to think about. He figures its the same for him but to his amazement he is instead pressed into service working the projector for Stalin Alexander Zbruev and his top aides including the menacing Beria Bob Hoski Shead of the secret police. To Ivan a Loyal member of the party and the proletariat this is Akin to being allowed to sit at the right hand of god but to serve in such a lofty position requires him to sacrifice everything that Means anything to him. He can to Tell Anastasia what he does. He can to speak up about his jewish neighbors being carted off to the gulags. As Ivan himself says his life must follow a simple dictum a no questions a Hulce plays his role with Dlan becoming the kind of wide eyed Simpleton upon whose Back the revolution was balanced. And one of the movies Basic flaws is that Hull cd a character never wises up never rises above his own Blind accepting idiocy to see what a really going on around him. When his wife develops an interest in the orphaned children of Ivan a former neighbors he begins to quake at the thought of this potential political liability. So he gets her a Job in Stalin a Cabinet. Unfortunately she catches the Eye of Beria and Ivan a Faith in the system is tested to its very roots. The film is Long at three hours and it occasionally seems even longer because con Halovsky maintains an admittedly appropriate heavy handed style with Goose stepping secret police attacking citizens weeping jewish orphans being rounded up and fingerprinted the gulags filling up with tenants and the cold eyes of Stalin keeping watch Over it All. Con Halovsky might have served himself better if he could have brought this Story to the screen several years ago when the soviet Union was again purging itself of Stalin. Its sort of old news now. Still inner Circle offers a taut harrowing look inside the evil Empire when it was at its most evil. It gets 2 a stars. A Iny rated r. Dustin Hoffman and Nicole Kidman Star in this drama about gangster dutch Schultz a Early career. Boys n the Hoed rated r. In the ghetto life is concentrated on survival. This movie takes you into such a neighbourhood to focus on the efforts of the Young people who want to Rise above the crime and violence. 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