Gorod Zero . City Zero

An engineer in charge of the production line of a factory in Moscow is sent to a small town to try to specify the distributor the new dimensions of a mechanic part they need. But in this town everybody seems to be crazy: a secretary works naked, a group of people take the engineer as a rock & ro...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shakhnazarov, Karen
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Russian
Published: Mosfilm 1988
Soviet Union
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:b703f3e6-ac84-4077-87ac-6ece5666dcf9
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Summary:An engineer in charge of the production line of a factory in Moscow is sent to a small town to try to specify the distributor the new dimensions of a mechanic part they need. But in this town everybody seems to be crazy: a secretary works naked, a group of people take the engineer as a rock & roll player, and, in addition, he becomes a witness to a suicide, becoming trapped inside the town. What we see is more than just an absurd story. Strange situations dot not merely describe an awkward way of life, they portray an end of the Soviet life as such. Overall "Gorod Zero" became a prophecy. The one from which it was nowhere to "run".
Published:1988