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In the beginning we wanted our film to reveal all the foreigners' prejudices about Russia.
Like, ya know, bears, vodkas, Putins... Stalins about which they had heard in their country.
- Excuse me - (responds in russian) - OK, we're searching for tourists.
- You speak english? - Yui, englis'.
- We are russian students... - Photo?
- Have you been in Russia before? - ...
- So, what do you know about Russia? Like everyday life in Russia, what do you know about it? - Oh, the daylife?
Then, when we had finally found tourists, we asked them questions... About what they generally think of Russia.
About the politics.
About the russian cold, about the weather.
Uhm, they hadn't told us A-NY-THING interesting at all. We expected some sense to come to our film, but it never did.
Then we decided to ask our compatriots the same questions. And we did.
- Hello! Won't you please tell...
- Hello...
- Hello, do you enjoy living in Moscow? - I don't live in Moscow.
- Hello, do you like it in Moscow? - I'm a muscovite.
- Do you like it in Moscow? - Yes. - And where are you from? - Kyrgysia.
We decided to change our questions to something more actual and provocative. It's more interesting that way, yes it is.
- What do you think about the freedom of speech in Russia? - Dunno what to say.
- Do you believe press in russia to be free? - *shruggles*
- Freedom of speech in Russia? - Yep!
- Oh God... What can I say? What do I think about freedom of speech in Russia... Don't want to say nothing stupid, and the smart is too far away. Freedom of speech... What do you mean by that freedom?
- Do you believe mass media to be controlled by the authorities? - I absolutely do.
And then we finally got that magic idea that was to connect our film together. The one that was to make our film... good.
Feminine logic, it is cooler than masculine because...
Because men can be co bumb and women always...
Why the hell did I wake up at 10-00 and go to school? I wanna sleep.
Hi, Lena! How you're do...
...in the direction of movement. If possible, walk on the left side. During rush hours...
I've got a key.
He's from Pskov. The key.
So, we'd made a film. We're cool guys, just like...
*debut!* just like... directors.
*yeah!* We love him.
*the film!* It's nice.
*psych-e-delic!*
Vladimir K Boris V