What I pictured for a Russian film that was made in the late 70’s was not what we watched. I thought the video on the film was to be very dated looking: Fuzziness and not really any clarity. I also thought the sound was to be very cryptic, but it really wasn’t. Instead the picture was really nice! By looking at it in a cinematography kind of way, it’s not too different from a modern American film. Repetitiv
The Humor seemed a lot different. In an American comedy, jokes are practically every minute. The whole thing can’t go too long without making humor. For a comedy, it doesn’t spark too many laughs. But that’s not because it’s just not funny, there’s just not too much. If someone looks at it like a romantic comedy or a light hearted drama, even though there’s more romance than comedy, it seems to play out pretty well. The movie isn’t truly funny until Zhenya is at the bathhouse with his friends. While this is going on, the viewer can’t help but feel worried that Zhenya will miss the meeting with his lover, Galya.
Over all, the movie is very interesting and enjoyable. If the viewer wanted to be ‘artsy,’ he/she would not even watch the second half and just enjoy the first, while using imagination to say who is at the door ringing the bell, and what could happen to Zhenya and Nadya.
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