Frantsiaya ne sushchestvuyet

[Cian O'Connor]

Well that explains some, but not all. While some of
the films coming out of Russia are fairly commercial
(Brother for example) - many don't make money in
Russia, or the west. How is Alexander Soluv still
making films? They're producing the sort of arthouse
fare which generally requires a subsidised film
industry, OR gangsters/businessmen who need a
convenient tax loss.

--- Chris Doss <chrisd at russiajournal.com> wrote: >
Because there's a lot more money flowing through
> Russia than appears on
> official figures? Because Russians tend to earn
> several times their official
> salaries? Because Moscow, in which the official
> monthly income is about
> $100, somehow manages to have 2.5 million
> automobiles? Because more Mercedes
> get sold every year in Moscow than in all of
> Germany? Because the mafia,
> among other things, makes movies? :)
> 
> Russia's economy is in bad shape, but it is way, WAY
> better than you would
> guess based on official stats. The Russian economy
> is largely unreported.
> 
> Chris Doss
> The Russia Journal
> ---------------------------
> 
> Cian said: 
> 
> Country which has an amazing film industry, though I
> have no idea who's funding it, is Russia. Some great
> films (seen by practically noone in the west) have
> come out of there in the last five years. How is
> this possible? 

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