Загадка Григория Чухрая

Наитупейшая статья.Стыдится за свою историю,на мой взгляд,это просто паскудство.В Чухрае,как в человеке,я разочарован.

Прекрасная статья и дискуссионная!
Во всем, что смогла понять, согласна с Чухраем! Добавить только хочется к его словам:
Обманывают тот народ, который хочет быть обманут и тогда обманывают, когда ОН (народ) этого хочет! Только наш народ обманом наслаждается намного дольше, чем любой европейский, наверное, в силу, большего количества занимаемой территории....

Пересматривала архив передач Леонида Филатова "Чтобы помнили", погоревала над судьбой Изольды Извицкой, послушала рассказ о ней Григория Чухрая и поразилась благородству его лица.А сейчас убедилась,что и мысли его были столь же благородны....

P.S.: I do not share one of Chukhrai's views, when he considers a nation to be a victim of its tyrannical ruler. There is something to say about Bsimark's thought that nations have governments they deserve. However, Chukhrai has proved throughout his life that even one person -- like him -- could make a difference, even in a most totalitarian of systems!

I was a little boy in Moscow, when I first viewed the sad story of love, "The Forty First". Then came the amazing "Ballad of a Soldier" -- no battles, yet a feeling of war in every frame. I still remember Urbansky's hand opening with the hero star in it at the end of "Pure Skies". Chukhrai was my hope of glasnost, my hope of integrity. And then he almost disappeared. "Old Man and Old Woman" was shown in Moscow for a few days on the outskirts of the city, in "clubs" rather than theaters. It felt as if the system shut Grigori up. We had no one in Eastern Europe, except Wajda until Tarkovsky appeared and made it known that no matter what, he will accept no compromises, will not voluntarily butcher his films.
And now, reading this incredible interview, I see how great a man Grigori Chukhrai had been. Every film addressed controversial for the society issues, and addressed them not didactically but artistically. His motto seems to have been "do not blame, right the wrong." What a man!
This coming Friday, August 27, 2010, I am starting my university course "Russian Directors of Post World War II Cinema" with "The Forty First".
Alexander Soifer
University of Colorado
Colorado Springs, USA