BEg2 ch25 Reg, the Russian-movie cinephile

[Michael Bailey]

Igor knows Reg, as mentioned before.

“Very sympathetic young man. Great appreciation for Russian cinema. Always
at Gorbushka Market buying up kilos of DVDs, piratstvo, of course, but no
Hollywood movies, only Russian—Tarkovsky, Dziga Vertov, Lady with Little
Dog, not to mention greatest animated film ever made, Yozhik v Tumane
(1975).”


         Maxine hears spasmodic sniffling and looks in the front seat to
find Misha and Grisha both with tears in their eyes and quivering lower
lips. “They, ah, like that one too?”

  Igor shakes his head impatiently. “Hedgehogs, Russian thing, don’t ask.”



Gorbushka Market -
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorbushka

“The word itself is an associative usage of an untranslatable Russian word
for the first slice from a loaf of bread which contains mostly the crust.
If the loaf is round, the shape resembles a hump (Russian: горб). The word
has many cultural associations in Russia. Before the year 2001 the name
"Gorbushka" referred to an open-air black market for software, music,
videos and electronics. The market was in the city square by the Gorbunov
Palace of Culture ( ДК имени Горбунова), hence the name.

“The market dealt mostly in unlicensed music and software CDs,
videos, gaming consoles with mod chips, as well as video games. Due to
the copyright infringement issues Gorbushka was in sights of the government
for a long time. The market closed in 2001.

“In its place a more legal shopping center Gorbushkin dvor was
opened. Alexei Khotin is reported to own the company now.”


Dziga Vertov - Soviet film pioneer.
https://youtu.be/64jLxgCWukY “Man With a Camera” soundtrack by Michael
Nyman - one of 22 listed in Wikipedia. Originally it was a silent movie
with live music in the theater, but none of the 22 claims to replicate that.
New to me, though very famous.


Lady with Little Dog -
https://youtu.be/jdNvQbi73cU film based on Chekhov story.

Yozhik v Tumane (1975)
https://youtu.be/ThmaGMgWRlY

Hedgehog lost in the fog finds his friend again, whereupon they relax into
a companionable stargazing session, enjoying tea and raspberry jam, but
along the way he’s had adventures and seen a thing of wonder that he keeps
thinking about.