In Reply to: You wish... posted by Victor Khomenko on November 23, 1999 at 05:21:35:
Hi, VictorI haven't seen these movies, so my comments are just general.
Your examlpe shows one thing that concerns me more and more.
It's not only language... looks like everything becomes
simplified and unified. I obtain standartized characters,
stories, tricks and, yes, language. "Fuck you" as a (lowest:)
common denominator for some basic emotion...For me, this makes lots of movies predictable and boring.
And even when I'm successfully entertained, I still feel
that my pleasure carries a good doze of... well, something
like masturbation.Is it an "inflation" of film art as we know it? Hmm... if it
isn't then what IS? Sign of the beast? Well, I doubt it; my
guess is that culture will (most probably:) survive, as it
happened before.It's difficult to me even to qualify such a standartization
as 100% negative thing... creative art can occur inside a
restricted set of hard rules; music and literature show it's
possible. Maybe my problem is just a limited experience...
I've seen only *combinatorial*, not creative activity so far...
my fault, maybe?Actually, I don't care much, since there are TONS of old *quality*
movies out there to enjoy. :)
As for dacha, it was cool indeed. "Dachka v Kratovo, Volga-matushka...".
It's near Istra indeed. :) I was done with potatoes in September,
so this time there was just *snow* digging. Fresh air, cold vodka,
some sex... life is good.
>>As fas as antique gans go, I asked my friends in Moscow to look for
some SVT-40 magazines - they are impossible to find here. You wouldn't
have some in your basement, would you?<<Sorry, I'm peaceful. :) There's nothing but vegetables in my basement.
SVT is Tokarev, right? I've heard that Tula is a good place to do
gun-searching.
regards, gnat
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- ahhh, inflation... - gnat 02:56:50 11/24/99 (22)
- It is all entropy... - Victor Khomenko 04:57:18 11/24/99 (21)
- ... so everything is doomed... - gnat 06:50:12 11/24/99 (13)
- As if you didn't know... Damascus steel front panels... who's gonna be the first? - Victor Khomenko 07:09:16 11/24/99 (12)
- 'everybody knows' - gnat 03:42:29 11/25/99 (11)
- Rod, did you know? Plus The Raggedy Rawney. - Victor Khomenko 06:08:42 11/25/99 (10)
- please tell me more about The Raggedy Rawney - gnat 08:17:48 11/25/99 (9)
- Not much yet... - Victor Khomenko 06:24:57 11/26/99 (6)
- Re: Not much yet from me too... - gnat 03:58:33 11/29/99 (5)
- Re: Not much yet from me too... - Victor Khomenko 05:42:04 11/29/99 (4)
- Okhota po-Russki - gnat 23:51:48 11/29/99 (3)
- Breakfast po-Amerikanski - Victor Khomenko 06:56:30 11/30/99 (2)
- breakfast of the tourist ;-) - gnat 03:02:24 12/01/99 (1)
- oops... H-o-skins not H-u-skins (nt) - gnat 03:03:54 12/01/99 (0)
- post-soviet movies II - gnat 23:19:07 11/25/99 (1)
- Know the Thief. Will check out the rest. Thank you. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 06:26:52 11/26/99 (0)
- Re: It is all entropy... - MikeP 05:43:55 11/24/99 (4)
- Back to Social Realism? - Victor Khomenko 06:27:12 11/24/99 (3)
- Re: Back to Social Realism? - MikeP 07:06:13 11/24/99 (2)
- Should that be Socialist Realism, perhaps? - Victor Khomenko 07:17:34 11/24/99 (1)
- understand now (nt) - MikeP 07:50:16 11/24/99 (0)
- Re: It is all entropy/Vodka - Rich 05:41:41 11/24/99 (1)
- Good vodka for your table - Victor Khomenko 06:21:44 11/24/99 (0)