How Do You Say "Glasnost" in Klingon?
Funny thing about wars. They end . They might not end gracefully, and they might not end the way you want them to, but there will always come a point when the slaughter stops; sometimes because there is simply no one left to slaughter. Or no one left with the ability to continue. Those of you who have been following my current film season ( Genre Fluid ) will know that I have been exploring portrayals of the Cold War over the past few weeks. The Thief was explicitly a Cold War espionage story, albeit one that didn't have a lot to say for itself (if you know what I mean). The Big Country was an epic pacifist Western, but director William Wyler had intended the story as a very obvious allegory for the escalating hostility between the two superpowers. Our next film is an allegory for the end of the Cold War, although it might not be the one you were expecting. This is Nicholas Meyer. Back in 1991, Nicholas Meyer was a successful and highly respected writer/director in the very pri