For a long time we denied this, we were afraid of the very word “ideology”, but if there is no ideology of our own, then we have to borrow someone else’s. It's like an army: you don't want to feed your own, feed someone else's. Ideology is part of the existence of the state. I don't know if it's good or bad, but it's a fact.
All art is an ideology. Since you clearly have a negative view of communist ideology, you try it on. But Christianity is also an ideology. Renaissance art is also an ideology, it was based on Christian subjects. Ideology is about having ideas, that’s all. Art is part of the world of ideas. A priori in art ideology is already laid. Therefore, of course, if the state gives money for the movie, it acts as a customer. What's bothering you? Michelangelo painted his Sistine Chapel with nude figures. I ordered it. And then the cardinal said, "Dress it." And he wrote clothes. Order is order. Karen Shakhnazarov.
A film about the ideology of the Soviet man. Life, destiny, work, personal life. To many, the film will seem dry due to the lack of the dominant accents of the Director’s Life. But for me, that’s what the movie is all about. There's no plaster in it. Everything is purely businesslike and life-affirming. It reveals the inner world of the heroine Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko.Their duet with Dzhigarkhanyan is brilliant. I've seen the movie twice. And each time, I found new colors and emotional hooks in their game.
I really like the movie. It is unusual in content and execution. I recommend it. 💼