tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737915053829470554.post8538437889294210234..comments2023-06-18T05:29:35.488-07:00Comments on Soviet and Post-Soviet Visions: Victor Avilov and The Moscow Theatre of the South Westgiuvivrussianfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779445150205481262noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737915053829470554.post-57786055800932938922013-05-31T15:21:00.417-07:002013-05-31T15:21:00.417-07:00I studied Russian there -Hungarian group - in 198...I studied Russian there -Hungarian group - in 1985, and saw "Marriage" by Gogol, with the music -to my surprise-: The B'52s....:)<br /><br />zsolfarkas@gmail.comZsbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903321643044097541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737915053829470554.post-10572082021805272182011-06-19T04:21:48.925-07:002011-06-19T04:21:48.925-07:00Yes, I've heard of it but have yet to watch it...Yes, I've heard of it but have yet to watch it. His acting is said to be the best aspect of the film. Look forward to watching it one day.Giuviv Russian Film Bloghttp://giuvivrussianfilm.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737915053829470554.post-34859270712608780022011-06-18T13:51:43.679-07:002011-06-18T13:51:43.679-07:00He actually had a starring role as the count of Mo...He actually had a starring role as the count of Monte-Cristo in Russian version of the Dumas classic. The movie is called "The prisoner of Chateu d'If".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737915053829470554.post-76198024389176714512011-03-24T09:11:39.961-07:002011-03-24T09:11:39.961-07:00Thanks for your comment Alex- fascinating to know ...Thanks for your comment Alex- fascinating to know something about the theatre in Soviet times. It still has (or had because I haven't been back to the cinema for a few years) a fairly alternative non-established feel to it. Now, though, all tickets are reported to be sold at least a month or two ahead- they were fairly hard to obtain in 2002 too. In the UK I have an album stating all the productions and when they were first staged with some great stills. Hopefully, if I get back to Russia in the next year or so I'll try and get to see at least another production. It still has a good reputation even, though, I imagine it will be hard to find another actor of Avilov's magnetism and presence. One superb production that I remember watching was of Erdman's 'Suicide' with Vyachelsav Grishechkin. They appear to have a website which is, it appears, only in Russian: <br />http://www.teatr-uz.ru/giuvivrussianfilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11779445150205481262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737915053829470554.post-71687430623196185462011-03-22T08:47:51.964-07:002011-03-22T08:47:51.964-07:00Fascinating. I studied Russian at MGPI imeni Lenin...Fascinating. I studied Russian at MGPI imeni Lenina (as it was then) at Yugo Zapad in Soviet times - summer term 1984 - in a British student exchange group, and saw an early Theatre at Yugo Zapad production in 1987 - afraid that all I remember of it now (may have been Master & Margarita, but can't guarantee..) was the scrum to get in. As foreigners we were too hesitant and got left outside, but then they let everyone in anyway, as apparently they always did. It had a do-it-yourself, underground atmosphere that marked it out from other theatre available at that time in Moscow.<br /><br />alexanderson.personal@gmail.comAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135207621373092215noreply@blogger.com