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In Reply to: "Automatic Kalashnikov" posted by Bambi B on December 22, 2004 at 09:10:51:
I saw bits of it several times, and of course I am quite familiar with the story. You are absolutely right, weapons design is fascinating just like the design in any other field - bridges, airplanes, rockets, watches, cars. In the weapons case there is additional element - their scary and dangerous nature that actually attracts many people to them.As a person, Kalashnikov is unremarkable. His views are primitive and he si basically someone who outlived his era. He is a very simple person and is living modestly today.
His weapons always fascinated the West, and for solid reason, and it was great idea to make a film about him and his creations.
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Victor,Your comment on Kalashnikov being "unremarkable" is interesting. There is a sense of him as a quiet, thoughtful person and also inscrutable, not very revealing, and he also seems generally modest and self-critical. Kalashnikov seems to view his achievements as inevitable as though he was only building on other designs, rather than spectacular innovation.
One of the final scenes is of him fishing on ice sitting on an old wooden box. He lands a fish about 4" long and has this quizzical "That's life" persona.
I knew something previously about K. but I found this one quite unexpectedly striking.
Cheers,
Bam
I read his book, and I also have seen his appearances on Russian TV several times. He is inarticulate and basically still repeats all the stail stuff from the Soviet era - although he has been changing slightly lately, slower than most people.I have nothing against him, he is a product of his era, who has been absorbed in his professional activity under the warm wing of the authorities that treated him well.
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