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In post-socialist Romania, a filmmaker explores the clash between nostalgia and modernity through old advertisements, revealing profound societal themes.
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Eight Postcards from Utopia is a found-footage documentary assembled exclusively out of post-socialist Romanian advertisements. In bringing together these documents of Romania's long transition period, they are made to speak about life, love and death, about the body and human frailty, about nature and the supernatural, about recent history, and, of course, about socialism and capitalism. A film between found poetry and an outdated encyclopaedia, between trash art and Summa theologiae.
"Eight Postcards from Utopia is a documentary co-directed by Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude (Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World) and theorist Christian Ferencz-Flatz, which lacks a clear narrative line, as it borrows material from another source: a montage of post-socialist Romanian advertisements. Through this juxtaposition of images, the directors raise questions about such diverse topics as culture, recent history, life and death, and, of course, socialism and capitalism. It is a dense film, ideal if you're looking for something mentally stimulating that leaves you with more questions than answers."