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Václav & Me | 55 comments (55 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

I'm reminded of a scene in the film Citizen X, about the Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo. Faced with mounting reports of a serial killer on his turf, a police general declares that serial killers are an "epiphenomenon of western capitalist society" (or something like that) which cannot exist in the Soviet Union, therefore there is no need to investigate.

by Gag Halfrunt on Fri Jun 22nd, 2007 at 01:00:50 PM EST
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Re: Václav Me (4.00 / 4)

By the way, part of that film (which I didn't dare to watch -- I knew from earlier how bestial the actual murderer was) was shot in the basement of what was then my university building.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Jun 22nd, 2007 at 01:20:24 PM EST
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Re: Václav Me (4.00 / 2)

If you did watch the film, you'd probably be distracted by the many Hungarian trains that appear in it...

(The cops talk about Chikatilo riding the elektrichkas in search of victims, but we mostly see locomotives hauling long-distance passenger cars.)

by Gag Halfrunt on Sat Jun 23rd, 2007 at 07:01:19 AM EST
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