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Imagining October

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How it feels

A filmmaker visits Moscow and creates a short experimental piece reflecting on Soviet history and imagery. The film mixes personal impressions with political and artistic references.

contemplativepoeticunsettlingabstractslow-burnpoliticalvisually strikingcerebralnostalgic

What happens

Imagining October is a 1984 British experimental short film directed by Derek Jarman. The film was made following Jarman’s visit to Moscow in September 1984 and premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on 11 November 1984. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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