Daniel Roher, Navalny, 2022
Daniel Roher, Navalny, 2022
Just watched Navalny with mum, truly riveting, and moving too. Several times I was brought to the edge of tears by the courage of Navalny, his team, and his supporters. It’s no small act to stand and challenge Putin and his Plutocratic militia. And to continue doing it after surviving an attempted assassination is almost beyond words. It puts a more vivid face to a story that I’ve read about but seen little footage of.
And of course it reminded me of the 2018 poisoning of Sergei Skripal next to my grandma’s home. The military/MI6 closing off part of the city, Grandma not being able to visit her daughter’s grave, Theresa May’s impotent speech condemning Russia.
Besides the striking story, what really stood out to me was the brilliant attention to sound. It often feels like attention to sound has gone completely to pieces in the world of television and cinema these days. The phenomena wherein 40% of people1 permanently enable subtitles when available isn’t because we’re all losing our hearing, it’s because the sound stage is often complete mush, rammed full of distracting background noise.
