As a regularly featured director on the pages of Dn (today marks his 10th appearance) Lado Kvataniya has time and again shown himself to be no stranger to broaching difficult and controversial topics in his biting work. His latest release, Burn made for Russian singer-songwriter Monetochka is an acerbic polemic which uses its animated visuals to comment on the destructive nature of propaganda which lulls people into a state of inertia, thereby turning everyone into passive objects with little purpose besides feeding the machine which perpetuates the cycle. Collaborating with visual artist and animator Sergey Kolesov, Burn sees this process transform a populace into inanimate objects whose future is then bartered over by soulless corporates. Kvataniya, Kolesov and Monetochka’s shared views on the state of the world and the pernicious nature of propaganda, coalesce into a clarion call against the desire to disconnect from the turbulence of reality, regardless...
- 1/19/2023
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Sir Elton John can help a Ukrainian child if he financially supports the boy's father. Ex-drug addict Sergey, 31 - who is HIV positive and served eight years in jail for murder - will agree to the 'Rocket Man' singer becoming guardian of his son if he also helps him start a new life in the UK. He said: "I'm not against the idea of Elton becoming a guardian. I would be willing to meet him and talk about it. "I don't mind my boy going to Britain to be with Elton - as long as I can go too, so I can take care of him." Sergey's comments come a day after 15-month-old Lev's mother, Marina...
- 10/6/2009
- Monsters and Critics
Sir Elton John can help a Ukrainian child if he financially supports the boy's father. Ex-drug addict Sergey, 31 - who is HIV positive and served eight years in jail for murder - will agree to the 'Rocket Man' singer becoming guardian of his son if he also helps him start a new life in the UK. He said: "I'm not against the idea of Elton becoming a guardian. I would be willing to meet him and talk about it. "I don't mind my boy going to Britain to be with Elton - as long as I can go too, so I can take care of him." Sergey's comments come a day after 15-month-old Lev's mother, Marina - a HIV...
- 10/6/2009
- Monsters and Critics
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