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We had double feature video parties w/ mad max to start and finish w/ liquid sky and then moon pie fights in the street afterwards. Anybody see this flick? I wanna buy the video or dvd. Where can I get it. (Reel didn't have it last time I checked (6mo ago!).

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Re: Coolest Movie of the 80's - Liquid Sky > Victor Khomenko 19:48:54 03/06/00 (5)
I didn't care for it. I thought it was few years late to the party, pretentious and shallow. But then I am generally not in love with movies full of people I would rather not invite to dinner. Director's first name is pretentious too - the way he makes it sound. People with "names" like that used to be subject of satire some seventy years ago.
- what is pretentious about Slava? I'm 2nd gen US. (nt) A. Sidorowicz 09:47:30 03/08/00 (4)
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  - Re: what is pretentious about Slava? I'm 2nd gen US. (nt) Victor Khomenko 13:01:04 03/08/00 (3)
    Name Slava is not used in good Russian in any official realm. It is hard to relay the nuances, but this is how your mother calls you when you are ten, perhaps your wife and your mother-in-law - it is a cute little boy's name. This form of first name has been used in some sub-cultures (Odessa criminal world, for instance) and underworld. It doesn't seem to belong in the film credits. It simply dissonates sharply in the official world where full names are used. It is just too cute for being cure sake.
    Perhaps the only notable exception is the famous violinist - but he is simply too great to be argued with. Even his name, however, usually raises eyenrows when first heard. Normally people would call him Yakov.
    In short, names like Slava, Sasha, Vitya, Vova, Misha, Petya, usually create a smile and questions, if used as part of an oficial introduction. In a popular satirical novel the authors use the name Pasha instead of a proper Pavel with great impact.
    I can't find a real analog in English, but perhaps Billie-boy would give you some idea.
    - There's a male soprano named Slava. TAFKA Steve 14:34:29 03/08/00 (2)
      His full name is Vyatcheslav Kagen-Paley, born in Gomel, Belorussia, trained at the Tchaikovsky Music School, and debuted with the Leningrad Philharmonic in 1987.
      - Modern day castrati? Victor Khomenko 14:46:46 03/08/00 (1)
        
        In Reply to: There's a male soprano named Slava. posted by TAFKA Steve on March 08, 2000 at 14:34:29:
        
        Have you seen or heard his records? When it comes to operatic voices, I am very conservative, but perhaps I should open up a bit.
        Strange last name, too.
        I don't know if this would be of general interest, but having stage name "Slava" would not sound strange or out of place. It is its use with the last name that dissonates. That particular combination is usually reserved for kids.
        
        Sure sounds like it! TAFKA Steve 15:06:27 03/08/00 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Modern day castrati? posted by Victor Khomenko on March 08, 2000 at 14:46:46:
        
        I only have his rendition of "Ave Maria" on a CD (Trance Planet Vol. 3; Triloka 69712-4110-2) and I thought it sounded like a very good (and very big) woman.

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