Import Export
One of my favorite moments in the movie Import Export: On one side of the screen is Ekateryna Rak, the star of the movie, and a soaring statue; on the other side, a modernist apartment building. All around, the snow. Moments before this moment, snow, modernist towers, and massive industrial complexes in the distance. The Soviet world is still here, still as real as concrete. But these modernist towers now contain internet companies that provide the capitalist world with porn. Under the Soviets, this industrial wasteland exported jet planes; under the global capitalist order, it exports images of women masturbating. The only way out of this trap (militarism, exploitation)? Immigration--the leading theme of 21st century European cinema.
By Charles Mudede
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