2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25
Comedies of the USSR are films that have been popular for several decades. For example, the film by Grigory Alexandrov "Merry Fellows" in 2014 will celebrate its eightieth anniversary, and the films of Leonid Gaidai "Operation Y", "Prisoner of the Caucasus" will also soon be half a century old. What is the reason for such popularity of these, no doubt, works of art?
Comedies of the USSR are distinguished by an exceptional selection of actors. The best of the best got on the screen in the Soviet period, and they went into this area really for the sake of art, because. in those days, artists did not have any outstanding fees or preferences. In addition, funny roles were played by people with a difficult fate. For example, Alexei Smirnov, who played Shurik's partner, a drunkard and a parasite, was a military intelligence officer who was awarded the medals "For Military Merit" and "For Courage". And the embodiment of comedic talents, Yuri Nikulin - an anti-aircraft gunner who fought near Leningrad and in the B altic states.
The best comedies of the USSR were created without the use of computer graphics. Therefore, the plot of the film unfolded against the backdrop of magnificentlandscapes. For example, most of the comedy "The Twelve Chairs" was filmed in the city of Rybinsk. The scenery was assembled by hand, they invented special effects themselves, and they themselves found ways to implement them from improvised materials. The constant application of the creative forces of many people created a special atmosphere of the tape, which is now often absent on the set.
The late comedies of the USSR, created already in difficult economic conditions, have not lost their charm even over the years. For example, the film by G. Danelia "Kin-dza-dza" with its theme of "squats" in front of a certain color of pants is still relevant. More recently, a concert was even organized, in which variations on the theme of music for this comedy were performed. And the film "Deja Vu", shot together with the Poles, very interestingly reflected the features of the Soviet reality of the post-revolutionary period.
Comedies of the USSR still do not have strong competitors. Of the films created in Russia, the series of films “Peculiarities of the National (Hunting, Fishing, Politics)”, created in the mid-90s, can compete with them to some extent in terms of color. The rest of the film library is often a copy of Western films.
Old USSR comedies are not stingy with musical accompaniment. The best composers, singers, instrumental ensembles and symphony orchestras were invited to create a worthy sound frame for the plot. For example, for the film “Ah, vaudeville”, the songs were created by the creative duet of Leonid Derbenev and Maxim Dunayevsky. For motion picture"Straw Hat" texts were written by Bulat Okudzhava. For the tape "Trufaldino from Bergamo" the songs were voiced by Mikhail Boyarsky.
The combination of all the above qualities and in our time makes you want to watch this or that film for the twentieth or thirtieth time. While the current Russian films leave much to be desired in terms of plots, acting, although the modern film industry has a much larger set of technical tools.
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