What is your evidence meme. What is your evidence? How Red Heat became a cult film

It happens that a film comes out at such an opportune time that it becomes something of a gateway to a new one. wonderful world. These were " star Wars"in 1977, which changed the film industry's understanding of science fiction. Or Pretty Woman, released in 1990, which did something incredible with an ordinary story Cinderellas. Or “Game of Thrones,” which turned from an ordinary (if perhaps very expensive) fantasy series into a role model. Or the Marvel studio with its expanded cinematic universe, which will soon overtake Star Wars in terms of income, along with all their souvenir products.

Red Heat appeared in 1988 and could also open the way to something new. For example, changing Hollywood clichés about “those Russians”, because for Hollywood this cliche is not a basic necessity, but “those Russians” would stop smiling when they see a typical Soviet general from American film. But Red Heat failed to break the stereotypes. Moreover, the film, in principle, became possible thanks to previous developments. And they did not always relate to cinematography.

The first way. Arnold Schwarzenegger

An immigrant from distant Austria, the bodybuilder and world biceps champion has been conquering America since the late sixties. By the second half of the eighties, he had perhaps achieved the goal he had set in his youth. True, the breakthrough came only after the fantasy “Conan the Barbarian,” in which the Austrian courageously brandished a huge sword and ran through crowds of enemies. Little changed in subsequent projects. Conan the Destroyer, Commando, Red Sonja, No Compromise were extremely similar, and even The Terminator James Cameron didn’t stand out too much from the general scheme.

Schwarzenegger understood all this very well. But he had obvious problems with his accent, which cut off the lion's share of possible roles. And the fame of an “action hero” was already beginning to haunt him. True, there was also a positive aspect to this fame: the actor could independently choose where to star, and after the not-so-warm reception of the film “No Compromise” in 1986, he began to seriously think about his further career. The result was the comedy "Twins", in which he played with the brilliant Danny DeVito, as well as agreement to a long-planned collaboration with director Walter Hill: in an action film, true, but in some sense unusual.

The second way. Walter Hill

By the mid-eighties, this director could easily be called venerable. He was just over forty, in the sixties he was engaged in historical documentaries, then, with the help of the Directors Guild of America, he received an appropriate education and worked as an assistant to his colleagues. Among them there were sonorous names: for example, he collaborated with Woody Allen in the painting “Grab the Money and Run.” But he himself always counted on something more. The scripts also didn’t work out at first. His first work underwent a major reworking by the director Roberta Culpa(the crime thriller “Hickey and Boggs”), he rewrote other people’s scripts and dreamed of working independently.

However, he managed to find a producer who believed in the ambitious newcomer, and his debut film was the drama “Hard Times” with Charles Bronson— proved to be a commercial success and earned critical praise. Slowly but surely, Hill rose to the forefront: his films “The Driver” and “The Warriors” were released, and he participated in the Cannes Film Festival. And in 1982, his action comedy film “Forty-Eight Hours” became a real hit and glorified the debutant actor Eddie Murphy.

But then it was not a very good time for Walter Hill. He was unable to repeat his successes; new projects turned out to be much lower in level and could not add points to him. It was then that he decided to repeat the technique used in “Forty-Eight Hours”: make a crime thriller about police partners. To increase the chances of creating something unusual, Hill brought the changed international situation and Schwarzenegger into the project. Moreover, the actor agreed to the role only based on the synopsis: the full script did not yet exist.

Directed by Walter Hill. Photo: Commons.wikimedia.org

The third way. Perestroika

Helped with the international situation Soviet Union. And then everything changed literally before our eyes. It seemed like just recently Ronald Reagan called the USSR the “Evil Empire” and was going to stage “Star Wars” in space; such odious films as “Red Dawn” or “Moscow on the Hudson” had just been released. And now “these Russians” have come up with some kind of Perestroika, their leader meets with Reagan, they agree on détente and call for peace. In general, the usual ideas needed to be urgently changed. To be fair, the pioneering film was “The Russians” in 1987, in which a Russian sailor for some reason did not eat American children (one of them was played by a very young Joaquin Phoenix). But “Red Heat” was lucky: it became a symbol of a short-term change in Hollywood’s attitude towards the USSR and then Russia.

When they got together

The plot of the film is really far from reality. Soviet policeman Ivan Danko ( Schwarzenegger) is trying to catch a Soviet drug lord, a Georgian named Viktor Rustavili ( Edward O'Ross), but during the chase he loses his partner, and the criminal escapes to the United States, where he is detained for crossing the street incorrectly. Since Perestroika began, Rustavili is going to be deported to the Union, and Danko himself, who speaks good English, comes after him. But the defendant escapes again. Danko teams up with Chicago police officer Ridzik ( James Belushi), after which he makes a rustling noise on the streets of a defenseless city, almost like an evil alien in the recent “Predator”. Of course, in the end, good kills evil and wins. Peace, friendship, chewing gum.

I wonder why, with such impressive budgets of Western films, many films sometimes make overly comical mistakes in the spelling of Russian words? Perhaps because the percentage of viewers who know Russian is not critical? But still, this does not negate how ridiculous this or that inscription can look for a Russian-speaking person.

Suffice it to recall the classic gibberish “Aschf Fshtshfum” in Russian passport Jason Bourne or the scary cloud “Fznamznon” from the movie “Independence Day”. Of course, residents accustomed to using the Latin alphabet Western countries They won’t even be able to read it, let alone understand the meaning of the inscription. We've collected a few more examples of how Western film productions don't bother with the Russian language.

"The Billion Dollar Brain" (1967). Well, everything is clear here, keep quiet.

"The Bourne Supremacy" (2004). This is not the worst option yet.

Beautiful Russian name I corrected.

Annual Talent WOY.

"12 Monkeys" (2015).

"Legends of Tomorrow" (2016). The most frank marketing in the world: everything is clear and understandable.

"Chuck" (2008). Apartments, a bear, a cave - everyday life of Russian people.

"Chuck" (2008). Entering is strictly prohibited!

"Chuck" (2008). So who hates John Bush? Yakov Smirnoff?

"Mr. Bean" (1995). As you can see, in Russian the city of Moscow is called NPULTSA.

"Operation Moon" (1965). Clearly reminiscent of a fairy tale about a turnip.

"Operation Moon" (1965). In general, a completely everyday picture of an ordinary Russian town. “Darling, when you go home, grab a couple of bears, yesterday I came across something painfully sad at the market.”

Here he is the “armless bandit” who took a thousand rubles from me on September 17 at around 13-00. Worth in mall“Technosila” is stylized as MTS and is located next to the MTS department - which is what I fell for, because I usually don’t trust “strangers”.

Nothing, as they say, foreshadowed: I typed in the details of the Internet provider, checked, “inserted the bill into the bill acceptor” and... The device returned to the main menu without any response or hello. No “your transaction is complete”, no “thank you”, not even a receipt. I stood there and called the recipient - the payment, naturally, did not go through. I dial the number “tech. company support Artex LLC, specified on the terminal.

They answer me - we can’t help in any way! Go and wait. We'll try to figure it out on Monday (it's Saturday). And I remind you that I have nothing on my hands confirming the fact of parting with the bill. And, by the way, this is not the only case - at one time I “loaned” several fifty kopecks and “stolniks” to different terminal slots. A trifle, of course, but unpleasant, because without exception, all the “technical support” invariably “warmed” my ears with a return. In short, it's boiling!

I don’t care that I seem like a curmudgeon and a bore to you, but I decided to step on the warpath and follow it to the end. I refuse to wait on the phone on weekdays and ask you to resolve the issue here and now. Or send a specialist to service “iron boxes”. Or make a payment from your balance - and from there, sort it out as much as you like.

Oh, this “small business”, which must be cherished and pampered, because it creates “jobs”. Apparently, inArtex LLC ”, the creation of a “job” for an equipment adjuster was preferred to increasing profits. I was again strongly advised to “go home and wait.” The other end “didn’t understand” why the payment was needed today (really, what’s the difference?). Finally, I turned off parrot mode and called the police.

This is where it started a real fairy tale, whereas before this there was only a saying. The outfit arrived quickly enough, but to go inside (I waited on the porch) and refused to watch “The Iron Criminal”: “Why? You’ll tell the department everything.”

At the duty station of the Ministry of Internal Affairs department in the Dmitrovsky district of Moscow, they were immediately taken aback: “How will you prove that you put money into the terminal”?

So, I guess that’s what I came to you for - no money, no check, and now what, would you advise me to go home too?

No, but how can you prove it?

The conversation went into circles. I was lucky that day to have smart people! Firstly, everything happened not in the forest, not in a field - but in a shopping center, where there are a lot of surveillance cameras. Secondly, my wife (“an interested person”) and an MTS salesperson (“a disinterested person”) were present nearby. Thirdly, money does not “pour” into the terminal “just like that”, but must be accounted for - when and using what details. And, if it is precisely that they are “spilling in”, then this is already a crime and, if desired, it must be established and eliminated. Alas, there was no desire.

A police captain in a uniform that fit him perfectly (which was the extent of his advantages) threatened me with criminal charges for false denunciation. God forbid, I myself made a mistake in the details of the details and that’s why I’m making false accusations about honest people from the company "Artex". He simply missed such a “little thing” as the absence of a receipt, like an insignificant detail.

The saying goes: ignorance of the laws is no excuse. But their knowledge is just the opposite. I told the captain that “error” and “deliberately false” do not correlate well with each other. He made another attempt: “According to the laws (he didn’t specify which ones), money can flow for 24 hours.” "Check at financial transactions can he also go wherever and whenever he pleases?”

In general, I somehow “begged” for several sheets of paper for the application. "Several" is very important because“To the Head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Dmitrovsky District of Moscow, Police Colonel P.V. Morozov” You cannot write according to the usual rules of the Russian language. Although this is mentioned in Article 68 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation (there, not only about the letter to Colonel Morozov, but in general). But we don’t need it like there, we need it like it does here!

I had to rewrite it many times, the duty officer told me to thank him for his efforts, I quote: “Yakunin (head of the Moscow headquarters - author's note), who came up with all this." Taking this opportunity, thank you, Anatoly Ivanovich!

To be on the safe side, I asked my wife to take a picture of me doing “statemental creativity”, otherwise, never mind, someone would suspect later - I didn’t put money into the terminal, nor did I go to the police. What is your evidence?

But also filled -according to all local regulations - They didn’t want to take the application right away - they didn’t have a passport (I, like, went out for some bread). I had to remind you that I already told the patrol officers about this (they could have stopped by to pick up the document on the way), but they said “no big deal.” Eventually, common sense triumphed!

He helped me finish this whole “Kafkinian thing” collective image abstract grandmother, who at first has some kind of “society with complete irresponsibility” "Artex"(remember this company!) took a hundred rubles from her pension, and then she went to the police to write a statement “according to local rules”, she heard questions - how can you prove it? And - the icing on the cake - she found out about the “deliberately false denunciation” if she made a mistake in the number.

In general, I went to great lengths - for the sake of such grandmothers! You, Kozlov, (this is an appeal to a specific person) from the “terminal business” should be taught at least someday.

P. S. Dear ones, have you ever had cases of money being “swallowed” by “armless bandits” without witnesses or receipts? How did you get out of the situation?

Miss ambulance Tolyatti traffic lights are hard on your wallet. A Ural pensioner is being tried for trying to involve journalists in solving the housing and communal services problem. Old people from one of the houses in Veliky Novgorod accused the organizers of a holiday for autistic children of extremism. In the Novosibirsk region, a deputy cut down a swing in one of the courtyards and sent it to his suburban village. The famous Russian meme about Elon Musk has become very popular in the West.

Hello again

At first glance, it seems that a mistake occurred and the situation with the fine that the Togliatti resident received for missing an ambulance happened back in August last year. But after a detailed study of the news, it turned out: with a difference of exactly one year, the Togliatti traffic police again fined a local motorist for demonstrating civic consciousness.

Avtograd resident Victor, driving his personal vehicle, stopped at a red traffic light in front of the stop line. The sounds of a siren were heard from behind: an ambulance was approaching the intersection. The neighboring cars began to make way, and Victor followed their example. To make room for the ambulance to pass, he had to drive over the stop line.

As you may have guessed, Victor received a “letter of happiness,” and this suggests that the operators of the violation recording system are harsh and untrained. Otherwise they would remember the events a year ago. Then the city was outraged by the fine received by Togliatti resident Vyacheslav Strochenkov for the same action - missing an ambulance at a traffic light and running into a stop line. After wide publicity of the event, the traffic police canceled the resolution, although this cost Vyacheslav a lot of nerves. We hope that this time the “pardon” will require less effort.

Don't gather for more than two

What can you do - such is life. Now they can punish you for anything. For example, for deciding to complain to journalists about the absence hot water. Ural pensioner Irina Kutsenok, a resident of the village of Pokrovskoye, invited television crews and neighbors to a meeting where she was going to discuss life without amenities. How did it end? Last week it became known that on August 30 a woman will be tried for organizing an unauthorized rally.

The authorities considered her actions a call for unrest and filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office. The prosecutor's office, in turn, began proceedings. What's interesting, invitee film crew Vesti never came to the village, being satisfied with the authorities’ promises to resolve the problem.

Yard extremism

However, sometimes pensioners themselves act as accusers. Thus, in Veliky Novgorod, elderly people called the police to break up a holiday for autistic children, which they called “an unauthorized concert-rally for sick children.” Here's what they write about it on local social networks: “A resident of our house, Stanislav Tikhonov, became insolent and set up a children's show. There are autistic children living in the house, they have nowhere to play, and he wanted to make them happy. The man invited musicians, animatars, children and parents into the yard.

The old people didn't like it, they called the police. Pensioners, of course, can be understood. Firstly, their children are already grown up and don’t live with them, which means there is no need for a playground in the yard. Secondly, a free holiday is a mess that needs to be cleared up. Thirdly, there will be no new playground here - no one allowed you to live well.”

For your own safety

By the way, about children's playgrounds: in the village of Krasnoobsk, Novosibirsk region, a swing disappeared from the playground near a kindergarten. On the evening of the same day, residents of the village published photos and videos on social networks in which local deputy Lysikov, chairman of the commission on landscaping, explains that the swings are being removed because they are dangerous.

“The swing is incredibly strong. They were cut down with difficulty - using gas apparatus. We specifically approached and looked - there was thick steel in perfect condition, no signs of wear,” they write on social networks local residents. The next day it became known that the swing was transported to the holiday village " Quiet dawns", where, according to the website of the gardening partnership, Lysikov is the deputy chairman of the board.

Take the trouble to answer

“What are these guys accusing me of again?” – Elon Musk asked subscribers from time to time, posting screenshots of the famous Russian meme “How do you like this, Elon Musk?” (And how do you like this, Elon Musk?) The language barrier did not allow him and his fans to understand the meaning of the joke. And Runet users began calling on Elon back in the fall of 2017. Then news appeared on one of the social networks that scientists from Novosibirsk had learned to smoke herring in a collider. The author of the post asked the question: “How do you like this, Elon Musk?!” The meme began to gain momentum, increasingly appearing in the captions of photos of ridiculous or humorous inventions. The trend reached its apogee in February this year, when Musk’s company Space X launched the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle into space.

And last week, a Twitter user from Boston with the nickname Courtney drew attention to it: “In Russia, there is a meme where users tag Elon Musk in a photo with super stupid inventions, and then ask: “How do you like this, Elon Musk?” Looks like no one makes memes better than the Russians!”