More Russian movies

[Sarah Hurst]

Did anyone mention White Nights with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines?


On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Alina Israeli <aisrael at american.edu> wrote:

> Yes, with two Leningrad actors (and my friends) in it: Бениаминов<http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87> and
> Ольшанский.
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> On Jul 31, 2013, at 9:11 PM, harlow wrote:
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> Let us also not forget “Moscow on the Hudson” with Robin Williams as a
> Russian saxophone player who defects when the circus he plays for comes to
> New York.  He defects at the fragrance counter at Bloomingdales.****
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> First half hour is set in Russia, with characters (including Williams)
> speaking in Russian of variable quality.****
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> But a nice idealistic message:  USA (and especially New York) welcomes
> all.  It is an Afro-American family in Harlem that gives him shelter.****
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> Juric
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:32 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [SEELANGS] More Russian movies****
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> Another American film depicting Russians which I've always found very
> interesting (and frankly horrible) is Enemy At the Gates. The film was
> commended for depicting the Russians' side of the war with heart and
> honesty and for it's realism. To me the narrative is horrible and rushed,
> the 'realistic and romantic' sex scene amounts to two 'Russians' rutting in
> a dirty pipe for thirty seconds and most excruciating of all, every Russian
> in the film is an Englishman (although the newspapers are in cirilica) and
> every German over a loud speaker speaks German, but in interactions, if I
> remember correctly, they're all Americans.... Very strange.
>
> Dorian****
> > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:10:54 -0400
> > From: townsend at PRINCETON.EDU
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