J, Y and I watched the Barber of Siberia last night, and I recommend it to all of you. (Half of it's in English anyway, and you can get a DVD with subtitles for the rest - assuming you don't speak Russian.) This movie was directed by Nikita Mikhailkov, one of my all-time favorites, and starred Oleg Menshikov (that Russian chap who looks like Commander Data, who was the 'villain' of Burnt by the Sun). The first 3/4 of the movie were hilariously absurd in that way only Russians can be hilariously absurd, and the last quarter was depressing, in the way that only Russian stories can be.... But do watch, and enjoy.
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I have this one on my wish list of Russian DVDs already. Seems almost 1/3 of all Russian films have either (or both) Oleg Menshikov or Nikita Mikhalkov in them. Katja isn't too fond of Mikhalkov, she feels he looks a bit mean or cruel.
Did you realize they are currently making a sequel (perhaps a prequel) of Burnt by the Sun? Utomlyonnye solntsem 2 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403645/
A sequel to Burnt by the Sun? So we can follow Mikhailkov's character off to torture and death? Certainly a prequel wouldn't be as painful, but half of BBTS involves explaining the story of what happened before.... seems a prequel would be redundant. They should leave well enough alone.
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