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Comment on In the World of Fables (1973)
1.Admin

One of the Hrzhanovskiy films that I don't think had been translated before this. Judging from the comments on another Youtube video, this one gave a lot of Soviet kids nightmares. Indeed, I think I wouldn't recommend it to those not yet in their teens, at least - mainly because there wouldn't be much point, as the cultural references are too layered.



Comment on Adults Only (1) (1971)
3.Cynir

>>2
Well, please forgive me for not being able to find it ! However, once I came across them in the collection of "фильм-сказка".



Comment on Adults Only (1) (1971)
2.Admin

>>1
Interesting! I'd love to see it. Could you take some photos (or scans) of it?


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Comment on Adults Only (1) (1971)
1.Cynir

This film is very good and famous. It is great because I have a comic book based on it.


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Comment on Robbery, ...-Style (1978)
1.Admin

Not all of these segments work, I think (or perhaps they work only if you've seen the films that are being parodied), but the Italian one that begins at 12:50 is still absolutely hilarious.



Comment on A Home for a Snail (2005)
1.Admin

A rather charming little film. As I watched this, I felt more and more that this may have been a little bit inspired by the never-ending rat-race of capitalism...



Comment on On Your Mark! (1979)
8.Cynir

This is a great film from Belarusian cinema. It promotes the upbringing about the spirit of superiority to children whom in the future will shoulder the country. I have watched it over and over again, especially in hot and dry weather, but it never fails to inspire.



Comment on The Stroll (1986)
1.Cynir

This is my newest "work" : . ㋡



Comment on The Tale of Igor's Campaign (1972)
7.Cynir

Maybe it is not that bad ! In Vietnam, we are often taught that, "Russia" means "Eastern Rus", so it is absurd to use "Russia" in the context of the 12th century.


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Comment on The Tale of Igor's Campaign (1972)
6.Admin

>>5
>"russia" must be replaced with "rusi".
Yes, I saw that in your edited subtitles you replaced "Russians" with "Rusians" and "the Russian land" with "Rusland".
The problem with "Rusland" is that I haven't seen it used in English - it simply seems to be the modern Dutch-language name for "Russia". I guess it's useful for those who simply don't like looking at the word "Russia", though, and choose to associate it only with the modern state, so we could have that as an option.

I looked this up a bit, and it seems that back then, they used either a single "S" or a double "S" in spelling it, and
the double "S" only became standard in Peter the Great's time, probably due to German/Dutch influence. For example, see this analysis of the 1377 Laurentian Codex:

"Руская земля" (л.1 об.)
"море Руское" (л.3 об.)
"рускаго князя" (л.6 об.)
"людье рустии" (л.11 об.)
"Русьскую землю" (л.50 об.)
"самовластец Русьстей земли" (л.51)
"князь русьскый" (л.54 об.)
"земле Русьстей" (л.58)
"русьскым именемь" (л.78)
"землю Русскую" (л.101 об.)
"князи русские" (л.103 об.)
"Русскую землю" (л.169)

A single member of the ethnos was "русин" (in "modern" Russian, this word can still be encountered in the context of old bylinas (about bogatyrs such as Dobrynya, Alyosha, etc.) that use older language, and it is still used by the so-called Rusyn people of Central Europe). The whole group was "русь" (rus'), and one of the names for the land was "русь-ск-ая земля" (rus'-sian land). Logically (if you analyze the grammar), that seems to be the original form, which was then shortened to either "русская"/russian (dropping the soft sign) or even further to just "руская"/rusian (as in modern Ukrainian). But the point is that all of these, back then, referred to the same thing and were interchangeably used - the differences were due to different grammatical tenses or lazy spelling, as in the examples above. Much, much later, different spellings became standard in different places, but the actual name (as it sounds when spoken) never seems to have changed.

I think this may also have been the perspective of the earlier English translators who decided to use that spelling.

>Personally, I figured that this film was produced by Ukrainian ones, so it's in Ukrainian texts, and the Russians will, of course, use their style.
Well... Vladimir Nabokov and Leonard Magnus published for Western editors. I also don't know if there is a distinction between "Rusian" and "Russian" in Ukrainian... if the standard way in Ukrainian to spell "Russian" now is with one "s", then how is it possible to differentiate between "Rusians" and "Russians"? Isn't that precisely why they call Russians "Muscovites" instead?

But like I said, I'm fine with having two versions...



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