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Article: America, America: a letter from Russia. (Russian films with the 'American dream' theme)
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- September 22, 1996
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Consider these titles - I Want to Go to America, We Are Going to America, The American Boy, Our American Borya, The American Grandpa, The Groom from Miami, It's Nice on Deribassovska Street, but It's Raining in Brighton Beach Again.
These are the titles of only a few of the many Russian films of the 1990s that have the 'American Dream' as their theme. Basically, these are entertainment films that are not made for festival awards or critical acclaim, but deal with the dream of many Russians to visit the U.S. one day.
In Russia now, as in the West, directors and producers must find money to produce a movie. Having announced their intention to make a movie that ...