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Gillespie finds the ending "ambivalent". He notes that the film consistently emphasizes false images of Russia, and therefore the audience can't be confident the closing images are actually true. The ending includes an incongruous scene of factory workers, which is unconnected to the plot and not observed by West himself. Denise Youngblood speculates Kuleshov may have been forced to include the scene, but Miguel Gaggiotti suggests the film juxtaposes the workers' naturalism against the artificiality of the parade, emphasizing that the parade is merely another performance.
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Many Russian filmmakers left after the revolution, but Kuleshov stayed and worked to develop a new Soviet cinema. He organized a workshop called the Kuleshov Collective to develop a new approach to filmmaking. His approach was informed by film shortages. The workshop staged theatrical "films without
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s accessible American style, and it was Kuleshov's most popular film. In retrospect, it is considered the beginning of a "golden age" of Soviet cinema. Peter Christensen notes that the film has endured better than other Soviet comedies of the time, and David Gillespie considers it a "masterpiece of
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The film satirizes Western perceptions of the Soviet Union, but it has also been read as critiquing the Soviet Union itself. Rimgaila Salys says the film showcases the negative effects of Lenin's New Economic Policy. Vlada Petrić suggests that West's kidnapping and show trial, as well as the police
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Zhban's scheme is interrupted by the police, who arrive with Jeddy and Ellie. The police give West a real tour of Moscow, showing him the still-standing University and Theatre and a military parade. Impressed, West sends home a telegram asking his wife to burn the magazines and hang up a picture of
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Kuleshov arranged objects, characters, and motion along grid lines and 45 degree angles, which he felt made the action easiest for audiences to understand. For example, when Jeddy crosses the tightrope between buildings, the wire is horizontal and the buildings are vertical. In one scene, a jug is
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West and Jeddy hire a taxi, but Jeddy gets separated and forgets the car's license plate. Frustrated and concerned for West's safety, he hijacks a carriage. When the police try to arrest him, Jeddy escapes by fleeing along rooftops, then unexpectedly reunites with Ellie, a woman he once saved from
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to deceive Mr. West, and that West remains equally credulous throughout the film. He accepts the police officer's tour exactly as he accepted Zhban's fake tour, and he's impressed by the military parade, which a title card asserts is "real" although it's actually an editing trick. Likewise, David
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Greta Matzner-Gore observes that the film is built around nested and metatextual imitations, highlighting cinema's potential to mislead. West's kidnappers imitate pictures of Americans who were imitating stereotypical Russians, but in reality, the "Americans" in the photos were played by the same
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and gun. His appearance and behavior are conspicuously out of place in snow-covered Moscow. West and Jeddy are satirical characters, but they are portrayed as well-intentioned and more noble than the Russian criminals. For example, West's patriotism inspires him to fight like a "real American" to
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Upon its initial release, the film garnered popularity among Soviet audiences; however, Soviet critics criticized its emphasis on American themes and its lack of political engagement. Despite its initial popularity, the film was censored two years after its release. Today, critics and historians
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have been destroyed. One of Zhban's gang members, the Countess, tries to seduce West. Zhban hires another group of criminals to dress as exaggerated Russian stereotypes, kidnap West and the Countess, stage a show trial, and sentence them to death. Zhban then "rescues" West and the Countess in
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film", using curtains and lighting to represent cuts and close-ups and a "spacial metric grid" to visualize the hypothetical movie screen. He developed a preference for short shots over long shots to avoid mistakes. Kuleshov believed editing distinguished film from theater, and considered
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is a satirical comedy. Kuleshov considered the film a "verification" of his approach to montage and production, and Rimgaila Salys describes it as a "compendium" of his cinematic ideas. The film includes chases and stunts inspired by popular American cinema, rapid editing,
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Despite the film's success, Kuleshov was criticized for his focus on aesthetics and technique over ideology and his focus on American characters; six of Kuleshov's 13 films would feature American characters and themes. In particular,
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called "The Adventures of Mr. Stupidhead in Russia", which also featured a foreigner who believes Russia is barbaric; when Mr. Stupidhead instead sees a functional society, he assumes it's a facade. The film's working title was
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defend himself and the Countess. As Jeddy learns that Russia does not match his stereotypes, he also stops looking like a stereotypical cowboy. By the end of the film, he wears plain contemporary clothes.
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wrote an initial script for the film, but Kuleshov and Pudovkin extensively rewrote it. Kuleshov later said they kept only the characters' names. The plot may have been influenced by a 1923 story in
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Zhban returns West's suitcase, claiming he recovered it from a barbarian, and invites West to stay with him for safety. He gives West a fake tour of Moscow, which purportedly shows that the
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to avoid wasting film. In one scene, Boris Barnet fell while traversing a tightrope, claiming that Kuleshov left him hanging for a half hour while criticizing his insufficient training.
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offer comments like "Comfort is a relative concept". In one instance, an intertitle explains that West sees the room spinning, and the camera shows the spinning room that he perceives.
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being mugged in the United States. Ellie vouches for his character, explaining that he falsely believed Russians were savages, and convinces the police to let him free.
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placed close to the camera to emphasize its eventual destruction; Kuleshov determined the most impactful framing of the jug using a mathematical formula he devised.
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or filming against solid black backgrounds. This was partly a stylistic choice to focus on the actors and key objects, and partly a response to material shortages.
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required it to fund itself. The state paid for new Soviet cinema with profits from imported American films. These imported films were extremely popular, leading
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The actors' performances are physical and exaggerated. In contrast, the production design is minimalist. Many scenes avoid sets by using
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criticized the film for not being sufficiently Russian. Critics unfavorably compared Kuleshov to
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Kuleshov and his actors choreographed scenes and rehearsed using stopwatches and
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Russian actors who "imitate" them. She notes that the film compares Zhban to a
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Nikolai Aseyev
Vsevolod Pudovkin
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Aleksandra Khokhlova
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