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Sluzhebnyiy Roman

• 10.13.09
  Party-Time
  Barbara Brylska, Beregis Avtomobilya, Eldar Ryazanov, Ironiya Sudba, Semnadcat' mgnovenij vesny, Sluzhebnyiy Roman, Voditel dlya Very, Vokzal dlya Dvoikh (1)

  I still haven't worked up enough nerve to finish watching Voditel dlya Very. Instead I took in something easy and watched parts of Ironya Sudba. I've watched it a few times already, but this time something caught my eye just a few seconds from the end of Part One. In most of the Eldar Ryazanov films I've seen, he works something about western communication technology into the film. In Vokzal dlya Voikh (1982) it was a VCR player. In Sluzhebnyy roman it was a built-in 8-track player in a car. ...
  
  
• 02.15.09
  Padded doors
  Moskva slezam ne verit, Movies, Sluzhebnyiy Roman (0)

  What's the deal with these padded doors in Russian movies? Here's the door of the Director's office in Sluzhebnyiy Roman (Office Romance) a 1977 movie. And here's a door to an apartment, in "Moskva slezam ne verit", a 1979 film. And there are many others to be found. I have questions, assuming these types of doors were found in real life and not just in the movies. When did that style of door get started? What materials are used? Why have padded doors at all? Is that still a common style? If not, when did it end? Is/was it just ...
  
  
• 02.01.09
  Sluzhebnyiy Roman subtitles
  Sluzhebnyiy Roman (3)

  I downloaded Sluzhebnyiy Roman (Offfice Romance) from Memocast, but somehow messed up on the subtitle file. It was too late to go back and re-download it. I probably could have asked the Memocast people for help, but instead I found English subtitles elsewhere. Unfortunately, they were in two files, while the movie was in one. And the timings were way off -- the words appearing well after the words were spoken. I didn't mind that too much for language-learning purposes. Using the first of the two files, I got a chance to listen and process what ...
  
  

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