Peter Bart: AI-Augmented ‘Putin’ Brings An Uncertain Reality To The Big Screen
deadline.comThe actor’s name is Slawomir Sobala and he plays “the most despised person in the world.” He knows he likely won’t receive any awards for his performance despite its power and timeliness and the personal risks in its physical production.
His movie, titled Putin, opens January 10 on screens in 64 countries, including about 200 in the U.S. The chilling biopic about the Russian despot’s climb to power carries the subtitle “Absolute power is not enough.” Foreign policy experts speculate that a Vladimir Putin–Donald Trump summit could coincidentally take place within weeks of the movie’s opening.
Patryck Vega, its Polish director, is far from optimistic about the results of such a summit given the overreaching egos and appetites of the two leaders.
And the nuclear threats already exchanged. Vega, who has spent years studying Putin’s coming of age and climb to power, shot his $14 million movie in locations in Poland, Russia, Ukraine (even Chernobyl) and Israel.
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