Forgotten Timur Kizyakov works like a full house

Yes, I am a fan of Soviet cinema, as you have already noticed. To paraphrase the words of Comrade Maxim Gorky, I owe everything good in myself to him, to Soviet cinema. No, the book is wonderful, you can’t imagine better, but what can you do if I (and all of you) grew up on Red Kalina, Five Evenings, Munchausen (the same one), Elder Son, Irony of Fate ”… For me, it’s like the Bible (sorry if I offended anyone), from there I take quotes for all occasions.

Imagine you are watching TV. A presenter appears there, very similar to the imposing Shirvindt, and: “Let’s move on to the next page. Called “Forgotten Names”, dedicated to the forgotten TV stars of the past. Now we will show you an excerpt from the cult program of the 90s and zero “So far, everyone is at home” with the famous presenter Timur Kizyakov. Viewers of the older generation remember their idol. Unfortunately, he retired from television in the prime of his life. And somehow imperceptibly, together with him, the art of casual conversation at the family table left TV. Give me a film, please ”(based on“ Winter Evening in Gagra ”, as you guessed right away).

And what, Timur, having heard this, should shout into an evil box, like that Yevstigneev, a tap dancer: “How did you leave the TV? What are you?

And like this: the person seems to be there, but he is not. Remember that scandal when “So far, everyone is at home” was driven from the First together with Kizyakov, they even talked about a ban on the profession. What happened, I don’t know and don’t want to know, because I believe Timur. After all, there is a rubric from the orphanage, which is run by his wife. What children! So I want to adopt them all, adopt them. Right to tears, is it possible to deceive someone here? “Then gasoline, and then the children,” as Vasily Alibabaevich would say.

Timur Kizyakov was sheltered by “Russia”, but put in such a Sunday early … It’s like in exile, in a village, in the wilderness, in Saratov, in the second league, in a deep reserve. And you thought the person disappeared, retired?

I looked, I was not too lazy, I got up with the first roosters. “While” was replaced by “when”, but the amount of this has not changed. All the same ironic, family-informative manner, excellent reaction, the kindest jokes from Timur – nothing has gone away, you won’t strangle skill, you won’t kill, even if you moved to another team and were placed at a disadvantageous time. It’s like a good artist: if there are three people in the hall, work as if there were a full house.

And the heading of Timurov’s wife Lena is in place, and that song from the cartoon “Let mom hear, let mom come …”. A great program indeed.

Now I, most likely, will be that presenter, similar to Shirvindt, and I will lead the Forgotten Names column. Just remember that they are. Give me the tape, please.

Tell me what’s his name…

On the anniversary of Elena Sanaeva, Kultura showed The Adventures of Pinocchio. As the beautiful birthday girl herself said on this occasion: “I played so many roles, but only Fox Alice is remembered.” Yes, Elena Vsevolodovna, Lisa Alice is your Stirlitz.

But I’m talking about mine again, one might say, about women’s … I watched it for the hundredth time – and tears came from my eyes. What a wonderful movie! And it hid time, which we no longer have.

This masterpiece was shot by Leonid Nechaev in 1975. Two years later, inspiration visited him again – and it turned out “About Little Red Riding Hood.” Nechaev will not shoot anything similar in terms of level, drive and class.

1975 is the crown of stagnation. And 30 years of Victory, when young front-line soldiers, hung with heroic medals, hugged and cried at the Bolshoi Theater. And children’s cinema flourished, which in fact was very adult. The best artists of the Soviet Union considered it an honor to play there.

Stop, you say? Then why did such films come out, the best films? One listing of directors who worked at that time – from Shukshin and Menshov to Ryazanov and Govorukhin – is impressive.

“The Adventures of Pinocchio” is “Belarusfilm”. Here is the true union of Russia with Belarus, which was then.

And the symbol of friendship is inseparable from Ukraine Nikolai Grinko – Papa Carlo, who was born in Kyiv. He went through the whole war. A brilliant artist, Tarkovsky’s man. One could only admire Ukrainians looking at him.

Three war veterans played in Pinocchio. In addition to Grinko, this is also Vladimir Basov – Duremar, and Vladimir Etush – Karabas Barabas – People’s Artists of the USSR. And Rolan Bykov! And Elena Sanaeva! Katin-Yartsev! And Rina Zelenaya, finally!

The music for the film was written by the best composer of all time Alexey Rybnikov. After 6 years, Lenkom and Mark Zakharov will issue Rybnikov’s rock opera Juno and Avos, famous throughout the world.

Poems for chic songs were composed by Bulat Okudzhava (“What a blue sky, we are not supporters of robbery”) and Yuri Entin.

You look and rejoice, and wonder, and feel sad from the current hopelessness: where is all this now? Where is the children’s movie, I ask you? Where are the best artists who were considered an honor? .. We grew up on these films, and if there is something good in us, then it is from there, from our childhood.

Where did it all go? Pinocchio opened the door with a golden key and, together with Papa Carlo, Jesuppe the Blue Nose, Malvina, Pierrot, Arlekino, the dog Artemon, ended up in a fairy-tale Wonderland…

But life goes on, and the connection of times has not broken. Pinocchio, Dima Iosifov, became a famous director; Piero, Roma Stolkarts, left, of course, for Israel; Artemon, Thomas Augustinas – to Canada, lives in Ottawa; Harlequin, Grisha Svetlorusov – to America … And Malvina, Tanya Protsenko, a girl with blue hair, died a year ago.

The story is over.