Oskars Rupenheits on the Wild West energy of his police thriller Red Code Blue
Filmmaker Interviews and Introductions
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Director Oskars Rupenheits sits down with Sam Goff to discuss his award-winning police thriller Red Code Blue, screening on Klassiki as part of our partnership with FilmFestival Cottbus from 5 November until 3 December. Oskars gets into the moral dilemmas at the heart of the film, recreating the “Wild West” atmosphere of Latvia’s lawless nineties, and the cycles of nostalgia that govern filmmaking.
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