JRL NEWSWATCH: “Herzog Says Gorbachev Documentary Has a ‘Subversive Message'” – AP

May 6, 2019 JRL Russia List History, Soviet Union, JRL NewsBlog, Life in Russia, Culture, Arts, Nuclear, Missile Defense, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

File Photo of Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan at Table Signing Documents

“Werner Herzog says there’s a ‘subversive message’ to his new documentary ‘Meeting Gorbachev’: Talk to your geopolitical enemies. Herzog interviewed former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev three times in a six-month span to make the new film. He highlights … the reunification of Herzog’s native Germany as well as the groundbreaking 1986 arms control summit with U.S. President Ronald Reagan. The film makes no mention of current events. … Herzog says the parallels to today’s politics are clear: ‘If you consider Russia an enemy, talk to them. …”