And that's a fine opinion, just not one shared by the people who put on and reviewed the recent "Shadow of Stalin" series in LA. On Jun 5, 2007, at 8:15 AM, Ya Sam wrote: I disagree with that. If we speak allegorically, the film glorifies the might of Soviet arms, the unity of Russian people when under threat, and other patriotic stuff. It isn't a panegiric to Stalin.