Yuri Bogatyryov (02.03.1947 — 02.02.1989)
Encyclopedia of the Soviet Cinema: 'There was no one like him, before or after. It looks like he'd come and gone so quick just to leave us this unfathomable enigma of his phenomenon to marvel at.'
Vitaly Wolf (critic, writer): 'He was very nervous, very kind and extraordinarily open-hearted. His tutor Katin-Yartsev used to tell me how worried he was about Bogatyryov's openness and vulnerability.'
Irina Pavlova (critic): 'A two-meter giant, he could easily play a bravest knight (or the chekist Yegor Shilov in At Home Among Strangers), then turn into an ecstatically maudlin idiot Manilov in Gogol's Dead Souls. One moment his body could be steel-and spring-like, and he'd sport unequalled strength and agility. The next it would turn all wadded and quilt-like, as if lacking spinal cord... Immensely gifted, he was a wealth of the artistic 'material' in its pure form: fantastically pliable, filling any shape or form, easily meeting any director-poised challenges, dramatic or intellectual.'
movies in the post:
'Several days from the life of I. I. Oblomov' (1980), dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
'A Slave of Love' (1976), dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
'At Home Among Strangers' (1974), dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
'Declaration of Love' (1978), dir. Ilya Averbakh
'Martin Eden' (1976), dir. Sergey Evlakhishvili
The Nose (1977), dir. Rolan Bykov
'An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano' (1977), dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
'Open book' (1977-1979), dir. Viktor Titov
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favorite part of at home among strangers is watching yegor shilov look like shit like 50% of the time. second favorite part is The Flashbangs
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You’d be in better service to the tsar sucking cock than stealing money from the people.
White Hound by @basilknell on ao3 (x)
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