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JoseBalow

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15. Citizen X is such an excellent film!

Reply to Sector 001 (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 17, 2025, 01:25 PM

Dec 17

Donald Sutherland is the Soviet bureaucrat that tries to help the investigator Stephen Rea. At one point he says:

To ask for more men or computers, for that matter, is to admit to our superiors in Moscow that we're overwhelmed. Which they'll never do. To ask the FBI for help is to admit to the West that we are behind them in both forensic technique and in managing information. Which they would never do. And to publicize the case is to admit that such crimes exist in the Soviet Union. Which is one thing they would rather die than do, to publicly admit that anything is wrong.

And Max von Sydow, as always, is absolutely superb in it.

One of the few hard-to-find movies I still own on DVD, I highly recommend it. You can watch the entire move here or on YouTube for free...

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Just like Russia denies there are murders there Figarosmom Dec 16 #3

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I've never seen the movie Child 44 Sector 001 Dec 17 #8

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Citizen X is such an excellent film! JoseBalow Dec 17 #15

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