In Reply to: Sokurov, Tarkovsky, and Tarr are three directors you should ignore, then. nt posted by tinear on December 6, 2007 at 17:44:48:
the more Russian films I see, the more I feel compelled to visit there; a Russian friend I made recently from Pavarosk (sp?), inland from the port of Vladivostok, says her parents can still speak a little German; phrases like "Halten sie mir" ( Stay where you are ) and "Hande hoch!"
which quite surprises me, as she was born 40 years after WW2 ended
I've tried learning some Russian, but it seems much more difficult than Spanish or French
A Swiss friend, some years ago, drove his Toyota Landcruiser from Tokyo to Hokkaido, caught the ferry to Vladivostok and drove home from there to Berne, with Tokyo number plates. He was accompanied by his German father, who was one of the very few survivors of the 6th Armys defeat at Stalingrad
He posted the 'Cruisers numberplates back to me from Berne, so I could de-register the LandCruiser for him, and these were pretty bent and battered; it must have been *quite* a trip....Grins
Edits: 12/08/07
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- Thanks, Tin, keep posting the *Good* ones! - grinagog 16:45:50 12/07/07 (5)
- My grandfather did a "grand tour" of Russia back in the twenties: - tinear 05:42:45 12/08/07 (0)
- Humm, brings to mind... - mpathus 22:04:20 12/07/07 (3)
- NO, don't do it! Rather, get the "real" thing, "The Forty-First," - tinear 07:43:54 12/08/07 (2)
- Thanks for the recomendation!... - mpathus 20:59:10 12/08/07 (1)
- I've always thought that Ed was, at best, a - tinear 10:00:33 12/09/07 (0)