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A 6 page paper which examines and analyzes the film “Window to Paris” as it involves and details the Russian culture. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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often seems dark and depressing, yet a culture that envisions hope and magic. There is, in all honesty, no other culture in the world like that which can be found
in Russia, especially in relationship to its tumultuous past history. The following paper examines the film "Window to Paris" as it offers a look at this particular culture. The paper
also utilizes Orlando Figes book "Natashas Dance" in examining the culture presented in the film. "Window to Paris": Russian Culture "Yuri Mamins Window to Paris (1993) is a
colorful, hilarious film that gains much of its humor by brilliantly portraying the stereotypical extremes of the Russian and Parisian cultures, while maintaining the humanity of its characters" (Laughter Through
Tears: Cultural Stereotypes in Mamins Window to Paris). It is a story of St. Petersburg and the conditions in the city that made the city of Paris seem magical and
ornately enticing. In this film both cultures are shown in very different terms, but underneath the dismal or ornate quality lies many truths concerning the culture of Russia. The
story, taking place in St. Petersburg, offers one of the most fundamental and powerful foundations of the culture of the Russian people. In Figes work the author notes, in relationship
to the history of this powerfully great city, "Like the magic of a Russian fairy tale, St. Petersburg grew up with such fantastic speed, and everything about it was so
brilliant and new, that it soon became enshrined in myth" (Figes 5). Understanding this aspect of the city of St. Petersburg helps one to understand the foundation of the magical
in the city, despite its dismal reality in the film. St. Petersburg is very symbolic of what the Russian people dream, envision, desire, and believe despite the hardships the city
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