Should start a list of “you’ll rewatch the beginning right after you finishing watching it for the first time”.

Such a shame that we can only watch it online with stereo sound instead of surround sound.

Though the presentation of violence and sex is not as explicit and as dense as in Natasha, make no mistake that Degeneration is more hardcore. Through the 6-hour runtime, the audience falls into the abyss of chaos with the institution on the screen. The authoritarianism created a monster that even itself cannot control. Total destruction is thus inevitable. If Natasha is merely a reenactment of the history, Degeneration is both a fable and a prophecy.

The fact that a big Hollywood studio like Warner Bros made a film about a Maoist “revolutionary” and named him the “black messiah” is probably one of the most ironic things there can be.