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In Reply to: Yes, I remember it posted by Victor Khomenko on May 16, 2001 at 08:57:16:

Watch it again. It is one of the best Russian films ever, imho. Karachenzov did Trest kotorii lopnul;Yunona i avos';etc+ theater work. Sort of a young Belmondo, when he was young, that is. Now... like an old Belmondo who likes to put one behind the collar.
Vampilov- Utinaia Okhota the movie with Oleg Dal'
Proschanie v Iune
Provinzialnie anekdoty
Poslednee leto v Chulimske

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Utinaia Okhota Victor Khomenko 11:36:03 05/16/01 (2)
I could not find any traces of this one on imdb, so perhaps it never made it to the West. When was it made, was it good?
- Re: Utinaia Okhota Dmitry 00:49:20 05/17/01 (1)
  With Oleg Dal'. I think it was his last role. Should be available on vhs. I recommend it.
  BDT doesn't tell me much, because I never saw it live, but I've seen several tv-broadcasts of the plays. I saw Lebedev in Holstomer a long time ago.
  In 1999 I saw a MHAT premiere of Midsummer Night's Dream in Moscow, and even though I am hardly a theater buff, I liked it a lot! It was probably tought to get the tickets for that, since my brother had to get us "contramarkas" from his friend, actor Liubshin's(ne streliate v belih lebedei) son. Same was with the circus, which I insisted on seeing after not being in Moscow since 1981. So, the theater scene is popular, I guess. perhaps nobody's asking for tickets because not too many people can afford them. $5-10 is indeed a lot of money.
  - What's wrong with those people? Victor Khomenko 08:50:30 05/17/01 (0)
    ***So, the theater scene is popular, I guess. perhaps nobody's asking for tickets because not too many people can afford them. $5-10 is indeed a lot of money.
    Someone making say, $40 per month (about an average salary in Russia these days) should be able to attend perhaps four to eight performances every month.
    After all, if they have no bread, they should be eating pastries instead...
    Sad, sad world...
    On a serious note, I was really pleased to see the sell-out crowds at the Philarmonia, and many other places, and one had to fight through thick, thick crowds at Dom Knigi (the main book store in Petersburg) to even get to the counters. And the cash registers there were ringing non-stop - I know, I did my share.
    Unfortunately, only very few movie theaters still remain in the city - most have been converted into casino's, strip clubs, etc.
    Something definitely IS wrong with them Russians.
Poslednee leto v Chulimske Victor Khomenko 11:32:21 05/16/01 (0)
Wasn't is actually "Proshlym Letom v Chulimske"? That was a great play at BDT - I don't know if that name means anything to you, not being from Leningrad, but for number of years that was the best drama theater in perhaps the whole of the USSR, under Tovstonogov. Impossible to get tickets, but fortunately my mother suddenly found some in-way with someone, so we spent so many wonderful nights there, we saw pretty much everything, and each was a gem. It was always the same - as you got up the escalators of the Vladimirskaya subway station, you would be asked for spare tickets - that's about a mile from the theater, and the requests would get more frequent as you got closer.
My memory is perhaps playing tricks with me, but was it Kriuchkova in the main role?
Don't remember Dal''s film - perhaps after my time?
Anyway, we are talking about something that has been suppressed in my memory for 25 years or so... but it is so nice to recall it... so thanks for that.
The BDT is still there, but no one asks for spare tickets there anymore... sad times... and with Tovstonogov's death it is simply not the same... and all those wonderful actors who used to be there - the best of the best in the country - how could anyone forget? Forget Lebedev in the "Kholstomer"? This is stuff the legends are made of.
Re: PS Dmitry 11:23:45 05/16/01 (0)
He didn't exactly drown. He reached the shore after his boat overturned in Baikal and his heart failed from the cold water. But that's irrelevant details. He was almost 35.

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