{"id":20688,"date":"2020-10-07T12:14:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=20688"},"modified":"2020-11-10T10:20:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T16:20:23","slug":"madison-movies-anastasia-once-upon-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/madison-movies-anastasia-once-upon-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Anastasia: Once Upon a Time<\/em> brings “history” to “Madison”"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was somewhere around the halfway point of Anastasia: Once Upon a Time<\/em> that I began to question my sanity.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve watched a handful of films for our Madison Movie Project, with mixed results. For example, both Back to School<\/em><\/a> and Public Enemies<\/em><\/a> are perfectly fine movies. Chain Reaction<\/em><\/a> is fun enough but isn\u2019t great. And The Bye Bye Man<\/em><\/a> is the worst piece of shit I\u2019d ever seen in my life.<\/p>\n

That is, until Anastasia: Once Upon a Time<\/em>, which is available to rent<\/a>.<\/span>\n

It\u2019s based on the legend of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna<\/h3>\n

Released earlier this year, the movie seeks to tell the story of Russian duchess Anastasia, who along with her family was killed in 1918 by Bolshevik insurgents. But rumors of her escape persisted<\/a>, which certainly makes for a better story.<\/p>\n

The best known adaptation is a 1997 animated film<\/a> that I remember from my childhood as being \u201cnot bad.\u201d This new telling finds Anastasia (Emily Carey) unstuck in time in 1980s Madison, which is only the tip of the absurdity iceberg. It\u2019s unclear if she\u2019s in our city; the location is referred to as \u201cMadison, USA<\/a>,\u201d but that\u2019s good enough for me.<\/p>\n