• Home
  • About
  • Links
  • Calendar

Miss Liberty's Film & Documentary World

Libertarian Movies, Films & Documentaries

  • News
  • Film
  • Documentary
  • Shorts
  • Blog
  • Top Picks
    • Movies & Films: The Top 25
    • Documentaries: The Top 25
    • Music Videos: The Top 10
    • Films for Students: Top Ten
  • Netflix

Luna Park (1992)

Tagged: Social tolerance

An anti-Semitic Russian gang member learns that his father may have been Jewish. [ Luna Park credits: Dir: Pavel Lounguine/ Oleg Borisov, Andrei Goutine, Natalia Egorova/ 105 min/ Drama, Foreign Language/ Russia/ In Russian with English subtitles/ Social Tolerance]

For many blue-collar Russians, the demise of the Soviet empire brought not tangible benefits, but simply loss of face. Russians are still poor but are no longer part of a great power. Defeated and without hope, they are particularly susceptible to extremist ideas and feelings of intolerance toward others. And that is the situation portrayed in Luna Park.

There is a great scene at the beginning of this film in which a gang of fascist Russian bodybuilders takes on a Western-looking bike gang, clearing away the foreign influence with characteristic broad-shouldered machismo and a bulldozer. It’s a superb expression of Russian frustration with the triumph of blue jeans and Coca-Cola, and no doubt warmed the heart of many a babushka.

But before you know it, the tables are turned on one of these Russian SS-wannabe’s when he finds out that he might not be as racially “pure” as he thinks. His heretofore unknown father just might have been Jewish. The subsequent search for his father and the psychological transition he must undergo to face his new identity are well portrayed, in scenes that are alternately touching, humorous, and suspenseful. By the end it’s not clear that the protagonist’s father was Jewish after all, but by that time the silliness of dogmas of inherited identity has been demonstrated. It’s a social tolerance theme that libertarians will appreciate and one that’s much needed in the current Russian environment.

The avant-garde style of some scenes will not appeal to everyone, but otherwise Luna Park is a superior film with an interesting story and a distinctly Russian comedic sensibility.

How to See It

YouTube Video Search
Google Video Search

Links

IMDB
Wikipedia
Google
More Films About: Social Tolerance

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)

Related

  • RSS
  • Twitter

Featured Films

how jack became black

2018 Libertarian Films: Year in Review

In 2018, ten new libertarian films (six narrative films and four documentaries) were identified and are listed below. It’s noteworthy that many of these films were made on a shoestring budget and clawed their way up through sheer merit -- the declining cost of film technology combined with online distribution … Continue Reading

Themes

Abuse of power American revolution Anti-draft Anti-regulation Anti-slavery Anti-socialism Anti-taxation Anti-war Ayn Rand Corrupt government Creator as hero Democide Econ 101 Eminent domain Equality & law Escape from socialism Freedom of speech Free press as hero Government as bigot Government as torturer Government enforced morality Government healthcare Government schools Incompetent government Individualism John Stossel Law & liberty Legalize Drugs Libertarian heroes Libertarianism 101 Power corrupts Power worship Pro-capitalism Pro-immigration Propaganda Psychiatric coercion Resistance to tyranny Right to secede Search & seizure Second amendment Sexual liberty Social tolerance Unions & monopolies Voluntarism Working for government

Genres/Categories

Action-Adventure Animated Biography Blog Comedy Documentary Drama Family Featured Film Foreign History Horror Music-Dance Netflix News Romance SciFi-Fantasy Shorts Thriller Western

About Miss Liberty

This site is a collection of films and documentaries of particular interest to libertarians (and those interested in libertarianism). It began as a book, Miss Liberty’s Guide to Film: Movies for the Libertarian Millennium, where many of the recommended films were first reviewed. The current collection has grown to now more than double the number in that original list, and it’s growing still.

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter

© 2019 Miss Liberty's Film & Documentary World. All Rights Reserved

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.