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The Needle
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })The Needle (Игла, Igla) is a 1988 Soviet film directed by Rashid Nugmanov, starring the iconic Soviet rock musician Viktor Tsoi, leader of the band Kino. Tsoi plays the enigmatic drifter "Moro", who comes to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, to extract a debt from his old buddy "Spartak". He decides to pay a visit to his ex-girlfriend Dina, who recently became a morphine addict. Moro takes her to the Aral Sea, where she begins to recover. But when they return to Alma-Ata, the drug dealers try to ensnare them with morphine. So Moro confronts their leader, the doctor Artur, who tries to kill our hero. The film has since become most famous for its soundtrack (written by Tsoi), and many Tsoi/Kino fans have a strong Nostalgia Filter for it.The film was re-released in 2010 as The Needle Remix. Remix adds some new scenes and expands on the plot of the film, as well as featuring a lot of well-received music composed for the film. Some of the new music was composed by U-Piter, a band consisting notably of famous Soviet-Russian rock musician Vyacheslav Butusov and ex-Kino guitarist Yuri Kasparyan (who also composed some of the original music from way back in 1988). However, it was controversial for some of its changes to the plot, such as Spartak's new fate.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })In 2019, the original film was re-released in high resolution and shown in cinemas. | |
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Bald of Evil | |
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Bald of Evil: Artur, especially in the new scenes from Remix where he is very noticeably older and balder. | |
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Ambiguous Ending: On purpose. In the end, Moro gets stabbed and slowly walks away into the snowy park. It is unknown whether he stays alive or bleeds out afterward. Averted in Remix, where Moro survives and makes it home off-screen to his family. | |
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Downer Ending | |
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Downer Ending The film ends with Moro getting stabbed and slowly walking away into the dark, snowy path, leaving his ultimate fate ambiguous. Subverted in Remix, where Moro survives the stabbing and makes it home off-screen. | |
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Affably Evil | |
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Affably Evil: Artur. He seems like a respectable doctor at first, but it turns out that he's in charge of morphine trafficking in the city. | |
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The Aggressive Drug Dealer | |
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The Aggressive Drug Dealer: Artur. | |
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Dark Is Not Evil | |
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Dark Is Not Evil: Tsoi as Moro wears pure black outfits, similar to what he wore in real life. | |
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Deadly Doctor | |
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Deadly Doctor: Artur. | |
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