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Those darn French - as we are watching our kids speak in simpler and simpler ways every day (some would even mention that "dumbing down" stuff, but not me, no Sir, nohow...) and the Remedial English is now a well established college course (I didn't think I would live to see it in America), here comes that gem where you are actually supposed to pay attention to what actors are saying. How brutal.They don't stop at that, however. They kick you in the groin with such seemingly innocent questions as: "Why is Schubert playing?" The answer (and I almost cried over that one) is that the ten-year-old is doing an essay on Schubert... Ha! Imagine that cruelty! Essay on Schubert... What's wrong with sports?
Anyway, forget all my idle talk and just go and see it. It is subtle and entertaining. Yeah, and should I mention thought provoking? And great ending - our main hero's final words...
Hi,Do you remember "Agent Of National Security" that I mentioned
among recent Russian movies? You can safely remove it from
your list, if it's there. Yesterday I've finally seen one of
the series. Crap. Cheap, stupid, boring.Well, you can insert "Love Formula" ("Formula lyubvi") instead. :)
Story is Kaliostro (sp?) adventures in Russia. Genre... hmmm...
kind of vaudeville maybe? Good actors, OK music etc.
regards, gnat
***Do you remember "Agent Of National Security" that I mentioned
among recent Russian movies? You can safely remove it from
your list, if it's there. Yesterday I've finally seen one of
the series. Crap. Cheap, stupid, boring.Too late - we rented couple of segments. You are right. If I remember right, it takes place in Peter with its kolodets yards. Memories...
***Well, you can insert "Love Formula" ("Formula lyubvi") instead. :)
Story is Kaliostro (sp?) adventures in Russia. Genre... hmmm...
kind of vaudeville maybe? Good actors, OK music etc.Yes, know this one - a gem. Uno, Uno, Uno, Uno Mente... My wife loved it.
I haven't seen may really good ones lately. Usually we try renting only good ones, only to find that you really like perhaps 10%. The rest turns out to be "good" by someone else's standard which is often different from yours. For instance, just saw the Uninvited. I suppose, a pretty good movie as far as the haunted house genre goes, and brings back many an Oscar Wilde (a true unforgettable classic) memory, plus with many good moments, but still, not my cup of tea.
Any good news from Moscow? When are you guys gonna get rid of entry visas? I could have bought few good rifles with the money I spent on them. Most of the former communist Europe has done away with them. Next time you walk by Kremlin, trow a stone at the window and when a head sticks out - tell him to do so. Tell him I am pissed.
Stay in touch.
Hi, Victor> > >
***Do you remember "Agent Of National Security" that I mentioned
among recent Russian movies? You can safely remove it from
your list, if it's there. Yesterday I've finally seen one of
the series. Crap. Cheap, stupid, boring.Too late - we rented couple of segments. You are right. If I remember
right, it takes place in Peter with its kolodets yards. Memories...
< < <Sorry to hear about your fault. ;) Keep memories of Peter, forget
these film segments ASAP. My luck was a bit better: I saw it on TV,
for free.
> > >
***Well, you can insert "Love Formula" ("Formula lyubvi") instead. :)
Story is Kaliostro (sp?) adventures in Russia. Genre... hmmm...
kind of vaudeville maybe? Good actors, OK music etc.Yes, know this one - a gem. Uno, Uno, Uno, Uno Mente... My wife loved it.
< < <Apparently we share "uno sentimento" about it.
As for entry visas, c'mon, Victor, don't you know that enemies are
everywhere? What if you're an Ukrainian spy? Considering your name
and interest to military secrets like 6H30 and SVT, it's not that
impossible. Agents of national security work day and night to protect
us, noooo doubt they deserve your and mine money for this job. Of
course they do their best to be sure that you won't steal the top
secret plans of Sofitel hotel. Sooo... I'll go to Kremlin, throw that
stone and tell 'em that now you understand and fully appreciate their
efforts, okay? ;)
regards, gnat
Are you on some sort of Internet diet or is this sixteen tons of self-control?I had discovered that the SVT was too young for me - I started feeling like Roman Polanski. So I went deeper into the late 19th century. Beaumonts, Vetterlies, Krags, Berthier's, Lebels, that sort of things. Keeps my lathe busy too, making replacement parts for them (the screw on the Beaumont broke during firing - but it only flew about six feet). Keeps me in the basement too, so my wife knows where to find me - no booze, no girls... so she doesn't mind. I need to be alert, though, to hide my latest acquisitions before she descends into the workshop - she needs to be introduced to them gradually, you know... like Napoleon to arsenic...
You should see my office with all those ancient irons around, 26" saw-back bayonets, swords, blunderbuss on the wall, etc,... you know, your normal office stuff... People joke, but I think they do it just to cover their fears...
All this while working on the multi-channel stuff.
My wife couterbalances by making endless secret phone calls to Victor Kamkin - THE priemier perveyour of Russin literature in this part of the world. Since we kicked our daugher out of the house, my wife moved in and ocupied her former bedroom, demolishing the built-in closet to get more space for bookshelves (while I was away for the show, of course...). Then - boxes, and boxes and more boxes from Rockville (Kamkin's base) and now she is talking about tearing down the wall - the shelves in two rooms are full (and I am talking about two good size rooms) with the stuff she could not get enough of while back in Peter.
Any hot new writers there? She is such bookworm...
Is the drama theater active and kicking in Moscow? It looks like most people in Peter had lost their interest in it - life is too complicated for that, I guess. They used to kill for a BDT tickets... Is Moscow different?
Best of luck to you, family and friends.
Hi, Victor> > >
Are you on some sort of Internet diet or is this sixteen tons of self-control?
< < <Main reason is my slow thinking of course. Work load plays
some role also. :) I had kinda "avral" last few days.
> > >
I had discovered that the SVT was too young for me - I started feeling
like Roman Polanski. So I went deeper into the late 19th century.
Beaumonts, Vetterlies, Krags, Berthier's, Lebels, that sort of things.
Keeps my lathe busy too, making replacement parts for them (the screw on
the Beaumont broke during firing - but it only flew about six feet).
Keeps me in the basement too, so my wife knows where to find me - no
booze, no girls... so she doesn't mind. I need to be alert, though, to
hide my latest acquisitions before she descends into the workshop - she
needs to be introduced to them gradually, you know... like Napoleon to
arsenic...
< < <Uhh... muskets, arkebuses, arbalets are in order I guess?
Such gradual introduction is *vital* with that kind of hobby,
since these things can be USED against you... I dunno why but
sometimes wives are dangerous even without guns, right?
> > >
My wife couterbalances by making endless secret phone calls to Victor
Kamkin - THE priemier perveyour of Russin literature in this part of the
world. Since we kicked our daugher out of the house, my wife moved in
and ocupied her former bedroom, demolishing the built-in closet to get
more space for bookshelves (while I was away for the show, of course...).
Then - boxes, and boxes and more boxes from Rockville (Kamkin's
base) and now she is talking about tearing down the wall - the shelves
in two rooms are full (and I am talking about two good size rooms) with
the stuff she could not get enough of while back in Peter.Any hot new writers there? She is such bookworm...
< <My *special* greetings to her, since we share same passion.
Actually, last time I did research in modern writers myself was ~1990.
Well, there was Dm Galkovsky "Beskonechnyi Tupik". He's a follower of
Vas. Rosanov, so the book is an acquired taste.Recently I asked my friend about new guys, he recommended Vic Pelevin
"Chapaev & Pustota". I've read it. Can't say I was heavily impressed,
but it wasn't a waste of time at least.There's Alexandra Marinina. Wannabe Agatha. Worth checking. Get ONE (any:)
of her EARLIER books. Last one or two are boring.I like Maria Semenova, "Volkodav". I think it's a *literature*, despite
slight Konan-ness.
Ohh and personally for you, Tolstoi "War and Peace" of course! ;) There
is an interesting trick. It's kinda coctail. "W&P" has four parts, and
Dostoevsky "Karamasoff Bros" have four as well. Read these books in
*interleaved* order : 1st part of "W&P", 1st of "KB", 2nd of "W&P" and
so forth. I did it once. Stopped after 5th part of coctail. I wasn't
bored, but *scared* by spiritual experience. Unforgettable.
BTW, "War and Peace" title is wrong afaik. "Mir" should be translated
as "Society", not "Peace". This main meaning was hidden when spelling
changed in 1917, and before it "Mir-Peace" and "Mir-Society" were
written differently.
> > >
Is the drama theater active and kicking in Moscow? It looks like most people
in Peter had lost their interest in it - life is too complicated for that, I
guess. They used to kill for a BDT tickets... Is Moscow different?
< < <I feel like Peter kind of guy... lost interest in it. But from what
I heard, drama theater life in Moscow is quite active last years.
regards, gnat
***Uhh... muskets, arkebuses, arbalets are in order I guess?
Such gradual introduction is *vital* with that kind of hobby,
since these things can be USED against you... I dunno why but
sometimes wives are dangerous even without guns, right?That is why it is so important to find the right one. I got one.
***My wife couterbalances by making endless secret phone calls to Victor
Kamkin - THE priemier perveyour of Russin literature in this part of the
world. Since we kicked our daugher out of the house, my wife moved in
and ocupied her former bedroom, demolishing the built-in closet to get
more space for bookshelves (while I was away for the show, of course...).
Then - boxes, and boxes and more boxes from Rockville (Kamkin's
base) and now she is talking about tearing down the wall - the shelves
in two rooms are full (and I am talking about two good size rooms) with
the stuff she could not get enough of while back in Peter.Any hot new writers there? She is such bookworm...
< <My *special* greetings to her, since we share same passion.
I shall forward this to her. She is still fuming a bit from one of your movie recommendation - can't recall which one - so I will let her know not everything is lost for you:-)
***Actually, last time I did research in modern writers myself was ~1990.
Well, there was Dm Galkovsky "Beskonechnyi Tupik". He's a follower of
Vas. Rosanov, so the book is an acquired taste.Writing this down...
***Recently I asked my friend about new guys, he recommended Vic Pelevin
"Chapaev & Pustota". I've read it. Can't say I was heavily impressed,
but it wasn't a waste of time at least.She read some other work of his - I think she was not too impressed either. Quite a name, BTW... really rolls off your tongue.
***There's Alexandra Marinina. Wannabe Agatha. Worth checking. Get ONE (any:)
of her EARLIER books. Last one or two are boring.Yes, I have read a couple - frineds dumped bunch of latest detective stories on me. She was the better one.
***I like Maria Semenova, "Volkodav". I think it's a *literature*, despite
slight Konan-ness....writing down...
Ohh and personally for you, Tolstoi "War and Peace" of course! ;) There
is an interesting trick. It's kinda coctail. "W&P" has four parts, and
Dostoevsky "Karamasoff Bros" have four as well. Read these books in
*interleaved* order : 1st part of "W&P", 1st of "KB", 2nd of "W&P" and
so forth. I did it once. Stopped after 5th part of coctail. I wasn't
bored, but *scared* by spiritual experience. Unforgettable.
BTW, "War and Peace" title is wrong afaik. "Mir" should be translated
as "Society", not "Peace". This main meaning was hidden when spelling
changed in 1917, and before it "Mir-Peace" and "Mir-Society" were
written differently.That is interesting... I don't recall that fact. I shall try my ladies tonight, see if they know that piece of trivia. Sorry to say, my years before the revolution were kind of numbered, so how were these two written? I presume one was with the yat'?
> > >
Is the drama theater active and kicking in Moscow? It looks like most people
in Peter had lost their interest in it - life is too complicated for that, I
guess. They used to kill for a BDT tickets... Is Moscow different?
< < <***I feel like Peter kind of guy... lost interest in it. But from what
I heard, drama theater life in Moscow is quite active last years.There is huge difference between the two cities. All busines seems to be in Moscow and Peter seems to be simply sliding back and back and back. That's a real shame to see that old tradition bend under the heavy reality.
Been by the Kremlin yet?
Hi, Victor> > >
***Uhh... muskets, arkebuses, arbalets are in order I guess?
Such gradual introduction is *vital* with that kind of hobby,
since these things can be USED against you... I dunno why but
sometimes wives are dangerous even without guns, right?That is why it is so important to find the right one. I got one.
< < <Same here. She even shares my audio hobby. However I use cautious
tactics as well. Women are always mystery.
> > >
Any hot new writers there? She is such bookworm...
< <My *special* greetings to her, since we share same passion.
I shall forward this to her. She is still fuming a bit from one of your
movie recommendation - can't recall which one - so I will let her know not
everything is lost for you:-)
< < <I'd bet it was neither "Okhota" nor "Holmes&Watson". I'll take the
risk and add another writer I like, Yuri Mamleev. Dismal, but good.
> > >
***There's Alexandra Marinina. Wannabe Agatha. Worth checking. Get ONE (any:)
of her EARLIER books. Last one or two are boring.Yes, I have read a couple - frineds dumped bunch of latest detective stories
on me. She was the better one.
< < <Ummm... I think it's a polite way to say that others were WORSE.
I can't recall any half-decent current russian detective but Marinina.
> > >
BTW, "War and Peace" title is wrong afaik. "Mir" should be translated
as "Society", not "Peace". This main meaning was hidden when spelling
changed in 1917, and before it "Mir-Peace" and "Mir-Society" were
written differently.That is interesting... I don't recall that fact. I shall try my ladies
tonight, see if they know that piece of trivia. Sorry to say, my years
before the
revolution were kind of numbered, so how were these two
written? I presume one was with the yat'?
< < <Not yat', just different i's. M*i*P as society, M*u*P as peace. Oh, don't
call it "fact" please, since I can't remember the source of this info.
Actually, I'd appreciate any information clearing it, be it positive or
negative. :)
> > >
Been by the Kremlin yet?
< < <Been *under* it (metro:). Dunno whether it counts, since I couldn' throw
that stone.
regards, gnat
***I'd bet it was neither "Okhota" nor "Holmes&Watson". I'll take the
risk and add another writer I like, Yuri Mamleev. Dismal, but good.We still could not get the Okhota - it is checked out every time we are there.
Getting ready for the show?
Hi, VictorThis hunting for Okhota looks VERY strange. It's a definite
bestseller here, and it apparently has a good selling potential
"there". What gives? They don't order it or it is selling too
fast to catch?
> > >
Getting ready for the show?
< < <I'm "always ready", like a young pioneer. It's pretty simple
now, since I have no purchase plans for near future. Just
few hours of surfing, looking whatsnew, maybe one or two LPs,
nothing special. Well, grandma will keep our daughter for
Friday - that's all our preparations.And howabout you? Entry visa$, KGB checks... they still not
sure that you're not a spy?
regards, gnat
Are these movies in Russian? Where can I find them?MiKe
...except the Uninvited. I doubt any of them were translated. In almost every major US city there are rental stores that serve their Russian communities, but all their movies would all be in Russian. However, good rental places like the TLA in Phily have pretty good selection of fine Russian movies with subtitles.
.
That wins an award for most succinct.When you gonna become a sponsor, Victor?
***That wins an award for most succinct.
When you gonna become a sponsor, Victor?I like your style, Rod. Stick to it, man. Please send me an e-mail to refresh my memory regarding the terms. I think I am ready to fall... even though you know I have that thing about the perceptions...the manufacturers and all that behind-the-scene hanky-panky.
BTW, what IS my award? I'll take a Vetterli-Vitali 1870 carbine.
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