"The Theme" is a film that had to stay on the shelf for almost ten years because of its "theme". Mikhail Ulyanov plays Kim Yesenin, a disillusioned and cynical playwright who uses the system by writing the conformist plays and enjoys the benefits of being the officially recognized and appointed "great Soviet writer" but who in reality has been used by a system and spent all the talent he ever had in writing the plays that had no artistic value whatsoever. Bitter irony lies in the name of the character: Sergei Yesenin was a real life enormously talented, widely popular and beloved Russian poet who committed suicide at the age of 30 in 1925 because he could not fit in the Soviet Russia. Kim Yesenin in the movie suffers the writing block and arrives to the small provincial town with a friend and a young mistress in search of inspiration. He meets an attractive, intelligent and well educated museum guide named Sasha (Inna Churikova never looked so beautiful and sophisticated and I finally understood why Panfilov always had been fascinated by her face, never conventionally pretty) who used to be a big fan of his earlier works but has a lot of unflattering things to say about his officially praised outings. Sasha is in love with a talented historian who had made a very difficult and life changing decision to emigrate from the Soviet Union. He had lost his job by becoming a dissident and had to work as a gravedigger to support himself while waiting for permission to leave the country. Those who never had to emigrate from their country knowing that they might leave forever and never be allowed to go back to see their loved ones and the places dear to their heart again would not fully understand why Panfilov's film had to stay on the shelf for almost ten year after it was completed. It was released only during the "perestroika" in 1987 and I saw it then. I respect Panfilov for his siding with the real artists rejected by the system but his film is not only a courageous statement against the conformity suffocating cultural life under the Brezhnev regime which would be later called "period zastoya" or "stagnation", it is a memorable work of cinema with very good performances from his muse, Inna Churikova, Mikhail Ulyanov, and supporting cast.

"The Theme" is a film that had to stay on the shelf for almost ten years because of its "theme". Mikhail Ulyanov plays Kim Yesenin, a disillusioned and cynical playwright who uses the system by writing the conformist plays and enjoys the benefits of being the officially recognized and appointed "great Soviet writer" but who in reality has been used by a system and spent all the talent he ever had in writing the plays that had no artistic value whatsoever. Bitter irony lies in the name of the character: Sergei Yesenin was a real life enormously talented, widely popular and beloved Russian poet who committed suicide at the age of 30 in 1925 because he could not fit in the Soviet Russia. Kim Yesenin in the movie suffers the writing block and arrives to the small provincial town with a friend and a young mistress in search of inspiration. He meets an attractive, intelligent and well educated museum guide named Sasha (Inna Churikova never looked so beautiful and sophisticated and I finally understood why Panfilov always had been fascinated by her face, never conventionally pretty) who used to be a big fan of his earlier works but has a lot of unflattering things to say about his officially praised outings. Sasha is in love with a talented historian who had made a very difficult and life changing decision to emigrate from the Soviet Union. He had lost his job by becoming a dissident and had to work as a gravedigger to support himself while waiting for permission to leave the country. Those who never had to emigrate from their country knowing that they might leave forever and never be allowed to go back to see their loved ones and the places dear to their heart again would not fully understand why Panfilov's film had to stay on the shelf for almost ten year after it was completed. It was released only during the "perestroika" in 1987 and I saw it then. I respect Panfilov for his siding with the real artists rejected by the system but his film is not only a courageous statement against the conformity suffocating cultural life under the Brezhnev regime which would be later called "period zastoya" or "stagnation", it is a memorable work of cinema with very good performances from his muse, Inna Churikova, Mikhail Ulyanov, and supporting cast.

一名神秘的教师来到了一座外省小镇的学校教书。但这名老师并没有老师的样子，他对事物的看法过于现代和自负。但整座小镇都很喜欢他，喜欢到超乎他的想象。

In Theme Song, Acconci uses video as close-up to establish a perversely intimate relation with the viewer, creating a personal space in which to talk directly to (and manipulate) the spectator. He is face to face with the viewer, his head close against the video screen, lying cozily on the floor. Acconci writes, "The scene is a living room — quiet, private night — the scene for a come-on — I can bring my legs around, wrapping myself around the viewer — I'm playing songs on a tape recorder — I follow the songs up, I'm building a relationship, I'm carrying it through." Smoking cigarettes, he begins a seductive monologue as he plays "theme songs" by the Doors, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Kris Kristofferson and others on a tape recorder. The songs are a starting point for his come-ons; the tenor of his monologues shifts with the lyrics. "Of course I can't see your face. I have no idea what your face looks like. You could be anybody out there, but there's gotta be somebody watching me.

电影由七部短片组成。实验短片《待以名之的事物》在影像与声音之间建立诗性联系，从事物的细微之处，观照现实中事物的原初状态，通过对微小细节的渐次感知，编织多重的诗意想象。　　《等待.家》一个处于社会边缘的爸爸，跟儿子在哀悼家人的离世，他拚命地试图守着他跟儿子的脆弱关系。　　《红衫君》当办公室所有也穿黄衫时，这男生却穿上红衫...　　《窥视》每年有大约七十宗被证实的鲨鱼袭击事件，而全球大约有十五宗鲨鱼袭击死亡个案。这个数字在过去几十年持续上升，这并非因为鲨鱼更具攻击性，而是人类到海域的情况越来越多。　　《末了没了》一同在咖啡店工作的Yan与Connie，各为着自己有的没的感情，孤独地挣扎。一段段从没被人知晓的心事，在这个夏天，在浓浓的香烟里无色地逝去了。　　《信检员》Klaus打算给在海外升学的女友发一封情书，然而，因为国家正处于战争状况，所有的信件也会被国家审查。也许Klaus要成为信件审查员，才能解决这个情况。　　《活语酸》会议室中坐着六个人，他们是一个专题小组，并应该谈论奶酪。但是，他们谈及的，又有多少是真的贴题？

电影由七部短片组成。实验短片《待以名之的事物》在影像与声音之间建立诗性联系，从事物的细微之处，观照现实中事物的原初状态，通过对微小细节的渐次感知，编织多重的诗意想象。　　《等待.家》一个处于社会边缘的爸爸，跟儿子在哀悼家人的离世，他拚命地试图守着他跟儿子的脆弱关系。　　《红衫君》当办公室所有也穿黄衫时，这男生却穿上红衫...　　《窥视》每年有大约七十宗被证实的鲨鱼袭击事件，而全球大约有十五宗鲨鱼袭击死亡个案。这个数字在过去几十年持续上升，这并非因为鲨鱼更具攻击性，而是人类到海域的情况越来越多。　　《末了没了》一同在咖啡店工作的Yan与Connie，各为着自己有的没的感情，孤独地挣扎。一段段从没被人知晓的心事，在这个夏天，在浓浓的香烟里无色地逝去了。　　《信检员》Klaus打算给在海外升学的女友发一封情书，然而，因为国家正处于战争状况，所有的信件也会被国家审查。也许Klaus要成为信件审查员，才能解决这个情况。　　《活语酸》会议室中坐着六个人，他们是一个专题小组，并应该谈论奶酪。但是，他们谈及的，又有多少是真的贴题？

13:00 - a woman dancing alone in her studio. it starts off very slow and becomes somewhat hypnotic. as the music speeds up, so does the dance, the length of the shots, which ultimately leaves you slightly dizzy and feeling off centered. It begins to slow down again, along with everything else, and the shades of the black and white film begin to change.