Comments on: Movie Review: Gift to Stalin (Подарок Сталину) and Interview with Cast http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2009/12/17/movie-review-gift-to-stalin-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%ba-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%83-and-interview-with-cast/ Made in the USSR. Assembled in the USA. Spraypainted in Israel. Stuck in Philly. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Vicki http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2009/12/17/movie-review-gift-to-stalin-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%ba-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%83-and-interview-with-cast/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 Vicki Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:53:09 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=1902#comment-1059 Oh, I can't wait. I really love ancestral albums. Oh, I can’t wait. I really love ancestral albums.

]]> By: Leah http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2009/12/17/movie-review-gift-to-stalin-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%ba-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%83-and-interview-with-cast/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 Leah Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:47:24 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=1902#comment-1057 I lived in Russia until the age of 13 (1989). My parents live in the US, but I have found the love of my life (in more senses than one) in Israel. No pictures yet, but I think I'll follow the example of one of your twitter contacts and will upload my ancestral album to picassa (yes, I am a genealogy buff). I lived in Russia until the age of 13 (1989). My parents live in the US, but I have found the love of my life (in more senses than one) in Israel. No pictures yet, but I think I’ll follow the example of one of your twitter contacts and will upload my ancestral album to picassa (yes, I am a genealogy buff).

]]> By: Vicki http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2009/12/17/movie-review-gift-to-stalin-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%ba-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%83-and-interview-with-cast/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Vicki Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:13:47 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=1902#comment-1055 Leah, thanks so much for sending along your blog link. I am stoked to read. How long were you in Russia? The rest of your family is in America, right? I am really excited, especially if there are pictures. Leah, thanks so much for sending along your blog link. I am stoked to read. How long were you in Russia? The rest of your family is in America, right? I am really excited, especially if there are pictures.

]]> By: Vicki http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2009/12/17/movie-review-gift-to-stalin-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%ba-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%83-and-interview-with-cast/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 Vicki Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:11:22 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=1902#comment-1054 Hey Anna, thanks for stopping by. I know it's already out on DVD from Aldnogar productions, but am not sure how to get it. If you're interested, I could ask my contact at the DCJCC how best to get a copy. Hey Anna, thanks for stopping by. I know it’s already out on DVD from Aldnogar productions, but am not sure how to get it. If you’re interested, I could ask my contact at the DCJCC how best to get a copy.

]]> By: Vicki http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2009/12/17/movie-review-gift-to-stalin-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%ba-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%83-and-interview-with-cast/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 Vicki Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:02:13 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=1902#comment-1053 I'm always really impressed with people who have read Dostoevsky because, honestly, I wouldn't plough through, like, 600 pages on depression and the Russian Soul (I still haven't read him. Shhh.) But I have the same thing, too, with other books I've read that make me deeply connected to certain places. Guests of the Sheik is still my primary link to Iraq and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is my imagination of 17th century England. :) I’m always really impressed with people who have read Dostoevsky because, honestly, I wouldn’t plough through, like, 600 pages on depression and the Russian Soul (I still haven’t read him. Shhh.) But I have the same thing, too, with other books I’ve read that make me deeply connected to certain places. Guests of the Sheik is still my primary link to Iraq and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is my imagination of 17th century England. :)

]]> By: Leah http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2009/12/17/movie-review-gift-to-stalin-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%ba-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%83-and-interview-with-cast/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 Leah Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:38:36 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=1902#comment-1052 Vicky, Great review. This post resonated with me since I just got back from a visit to Russia, which I spent listening to my 96-year-old grandmother's memories of her exile in Tashkent and subsequent WWII years in Baku, Siberia, and the like. More on that on my blog at www.ingathered.wordpress.com Vicky,

Great review. This post resonated with me since I just got back from a visit to Russia, which I spent listening to my 96-year-old grandmother’s memories of her exile in Tashkent and subsequent WWII years in Baku, Siberia, and the like.

More on that on my blog at http://www.ingathered.wordpress.com

]]> By: Anna in Atlanta http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2009/12/17/movie-review-gift-to-stalin-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%ba-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%83-and-interview-with-cast/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 Anna in Atlanta Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:56:46 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=1902#comment-1051 This film sounds wonderful. Any information about when (or if) it will be released on DVD? It's so hard to find Kazakhstani films in the US. I will see if perhaps it will be in the Atlanta JFF (but I think I missed this year already). This film sounds wonderful. Any information about when (or if) it will be released on DVD? It’s so hard to find Kazakhstani films in the US. I will see if perhaps it will be in the Atlanta JFF (but I think I missed this year already).

]]> By: amy2boys http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2009/12/17/movie-review-gift-to-stalin-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%ba-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%83-and-interview-with-cast/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 amy2boys Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:28:15 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=1902#comment-1050 I understand your reluctance to see it. It sounds wonderful - and heartbreaking. My favorite author is Dostoevsky. His writing is so pitch perfect, so fully loaded, so haunting, and it's so painful to read. He has made me love Russia though, a place I've never been and have no connection to other than his writing. I understand your reluctance to see it. It sounds wonderful – and heartbreaking. My favorite author is Dostoevsky. His writing is so pitch perfect, so fully loaded, so haunting, and it’s so painful to read. He has made me love Russia though, a place I’ve never been and have no connection to other than his writing.

]]> By: Vicki http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2009/12/17/movie-review-gift-to-stalin-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%ba-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%83-and-interview-with-cast/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 Vicki Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:23:32 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=1902#comment-1049 I also can't wait until next year! I read in your review of the Italian movie that you were really excited to show off the JCC and I was excited to go there, as well. As for the movies, I don't know if they connected me to a specific world Jewish community, but more, I guess, to a sense of global awareness about Jewish people living their lives around the world as individuals trying to fit in. I also can’t wait until next year! I read in your review of the Italian movie that you were really excited to show off the JCC and I was excited to go there, as well. As for the movies, I don’t know if they connected me to a specific world Jewish community, but more, I guess, to a sense of global awareness about Jewish people living their lives around the world as individuals trying to fit in.

]]> By: Rachel http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2009/12/17/movie-review-gift-to-stalin-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%ba-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%83-and-interview-with-cast/comment-page-1/#comment-1048 Rachel Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:54:30 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=1902#comment-1048 Thanks for the great review, Vicki. I feel the same about what I experienced at the film festival- it really helped me feel connected to the Jewish community, both abroad and locally. Can't wait til next year! Thanks for the great review, Vicki. I feel the same about what I experienced at the film festival- it really helped me feel connected to the Jewish community, both abroad and locally. Can’t wait til next year!

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