The autobiography of nicolae ceausescu youtube

At the start of Andrei Ujica’s epic documentary The Autobiography Of Nicolae Ceausescu, the late Romanian president is seen on video shortly before his 1989 execution, in a small room with his wife by his side, refusing to answer questions about his crimes against his people unless he’s taken in front of the Grand National Assembly.

Trailer of The Autobiography Of Nicolae Ceausescu by Andrei Ujica.

A monumental achievement, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU tracks the rise and fall of the infamous Romanian dictator through his own propaganda footage.

His found footage analyses Out of the Present and Videograms of a Revolution became classics.

From a formal point of view, The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu proves that it is possible to only use existing images to yield films.

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Ceausescu considers his interrogation undignified for someone of his stature—“a masquerade,” he calls it. His captors respond by saying, “It was your masquerade for 25 years.” It’s a bracing moment: the dictator laid low, called to account by the citizens he either abused or ignored for decades.

After that opening, Ujica flashes back to archival footage of the funeral of Ceausescu’s predecessor, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, followed by film of Ceausescu’s first speeches.

Then for the next three hours, Ujica proceeds chronologically through the history of the Ceausescu administration, using only