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Friday, November 6, 2009

Film The Film Export/Import

Posted by Charles Mudede on Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:27 PM

This is one of my favorite moments in the movie Import Export, which is currently running at NWFF. On one side of Ekateryna Rak, the star of the movie, the soaring statue; on the other side, the 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.

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"exports images of woman masturbating"? That must be one tired woman.

Posted by dwight moody on November 6, 2009 at 3:26 PM

OMG! WHITE WIMMENZ!

Posted by LORD DR CHUCKLES MUDDUCK PHD ESQ on November 6, 2009 at 4:00 PM

Mmm, Russian porn - works for me.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on November 6, 2009 at 4:06 PM

How much does Russia earn off of porn? Practically nothing. Nowhere near as much as it earns from boring old stuff like petroleum, gas, aluminum, steel, railway parts, fertilizer, precious metals, wood products and the like -- and yes, aircraft.

Russia is still a major producer of aircraft. Tupolev, Ilyushin, Irkut and Sukhoi all make commercial jets, and while the latest figures I can find are old, and thus optimistic, they could produce as many as 80 jets this year.

Porn? Practically nothing.

Seriously, what you see on your screen is NOT the same thing as reality, especially when it comes to heavy industry.

Posted by Fnarf

on November 6, 2009 at 5:03 PM

I AM NOODLING AROUND ON A WHITE GURL FROM THE EAST

AND I SPOTTED WAYY DOWN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT

DE LA SOUL LOOKIN MOTHAFUCKA INTO H AND M

SURE NOT THE LEADING MEME??????

Posted by LaRiiiiM0RrrHAwtiiii696969