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In Reply to: 50 th annaversary release of Casablanca posted by petew on October 07, 2000 at 05:39:20:
Hi petew,
I see Casablanca' status is similar to one of "Diamond Hand"
in Russia. "Flowers for kids, icecream for woman". And probably
DH is as "easy" to find in Philly as Casablanca in Moscow...
Darn, I'm a card-carrying member of three rentals, each claiming
to have 3000 to 4000 films available. Two of these never had it,
third had some time ago, but it was stolen. Well well well, I went
to shops trying to buy it... nothing in there...Also thank you for revealing the true origin of an old (soviet
times) anecdote. I thought it was Russian. Conversation in London:
- Which watch?
- Ten watch.
- Such much?
- To whom how...
- MGIMO?
- Don't say, don't say...MGIMO is a diplomatic college in Moscow fyi.
regards, gnat
Follow Ups:
***I see Casablanca' status is similar to one of "Diamond Hand"
in Russia. "Flowers for kids, icecream for woman". And probably
DH is as "easy" to find in Philly as Casablanca in Moscow...Not quite so. The DH is more than easy. The question is - what would petew do with it?
I am surprised about the Casablanca lack availability in Moscow, but perhaps I should not be.
***Darn, I'm a card-carrying member of three rentals, each claiming
to have 3000 to 4000 films available. Two of these never had it,
third had some time ago, but it was stolen. Well well well, I went
to shops trying to buy it... nothing in there...Numbers can be funny. A typical average size shopping mall video store here would have several thousand titles, but as petew noticed before - most of them junk. It is not the matter of severa thousands, it is a matter of the *right* several thousands.
***Also thank you for revealing the true origin of an old (soviet
times) anecdote. I thought it was Russian. Conversation in London:
- Which watch?
- Ten watch.
- Such much?
- To whom how...
- MGIMO?
- Don't say, don't say...***MGIMO is a diplomatic college in Moscow fyi.
I always thought it was MIMO. Things changed?
Don'say, don't say...
In our regional, Peter, version the final line was: "Ask!" (Sprashivaesch!)
Good news, Victor. Casablanca seems to be recently re-released
here. So Irina just bought it in... well I forgot where. Good
film. Good actors play good. TONS of pleasure. "I think it's..." :)
> > >
Numbers can be funny. A typical average size shopping mall video
store here would have several thousand titles, but as petew noticed
before - most of them junk. It is not the matter of severa thousands,
it is a matter of the *right* several thousands.
< < <Yeah. I think I underestimated the amount of junk. Bad news are
that I couldn't find a place in Moscow for REAL film lovers.
I asked about it at local films webboard, but the only answer
so far was Gorbushka. It didn't impress me.
I'm still not sure whether it's MGIMO or MIMO. 'G' means 'gosudarstvenny',
but I really don't know whether it's a part of official title. Do you
know btw that there's no more "Baumanskoje Uchilishe" in Moscow? It's
renamed into university. One of the old Bauman' guys told me that it
was a bad move. 'Before we were proud to say that we learned in the
only Uchilishe in the whole world that gives a higher education. Now
it's just a ubiquitous university, damn!'
I knew, I knew that you're familiar with this anecdote. "Ask!" ;-)
regards, gnat
***I'm still not sure whether it's MGIMO or MIMO. 'G' means 'gosudarstvenny',Sure...
***but I really don't know whether it's a part of official title. Do you
know btw that there's no more "Baumanskoje Uchilishe" in Moscow? It's
renamed into university. One of the old Bauman' guys told me that it
was a bad move. 'Before we were proud to say that we learned in the
only Uchilishe in the whole world that gives a higher education. Now
it's just a ubiquitous university, damn!'No, I didn't know that, and I will mention that to my production manager - the Bauman graduate.
***I knew, I knew that you're familiar with this anecdote. "Ask!" ;-)Yep. In our version there is continuation:
Who you?
Who Ya?
Who you!
Russian consul!
Hi Victor,
I didn't knew the continuation, thank you. As a reward
one more anecdote for you:"
- Eto ty tank podbil?
- Ja.
- Tak eto zhe nash, russki tank!
- Ja, ja, naturlich...
"
PS. I coudn't find Babi Yar yesterday. Today I'm planning
to be near Dom Knigi, hope I'll get it there. If I fail,
then I'll try later. Just don't hold your breath, I gonna
be ~two weeks offline since tomorrow.
regards, gnat
Victor,
there's no Babi Yar in Dom Knigi. Now I'm intrigued.
I'll look for it in other shops.
regards, gnat
Going on vacation?Enjoy
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