How many groundbreaking films did Russia produced since the collapse of the Soviet Union? Is it not also cheating to call Soviet era films “Russian” films? How long would Russia live off the cultural/scientific legacy of the Soviet Union? Russia ‘ filmmakers’ of this moment often copy the Hollywood formula. So in the place of the marked decline of Russia’s film industry, little bit of celebration of Soviet era great cinematic achievement may offer psychological boost. Alas.

When I saw this headline I thought PR101 was going to be in a parade or on display in some museum. The Soviet Union was too rigid to survive in the modern world. It was political survival of the fittest. If Russia follows Medvedev's plan, it will have a long and prosperous future.

GaryMax The Soviet Union was too big and it made number of categorical mistakes but I do not think the Modern Russia can achieve the Soviet grand achievements in less than 70 years in the next 200 years. What has Russia done for the last 20 years? Very little that can be compared to the Great Soviet achievement and this includes in the domain of the art and film-making.