| Brief Description: | Glasnost Film Festival Vol. 5: Scenes at a Fountain and The Limit. The
ironic title of Scenes refers to a powerful, rumbling column of
fire--the world's largest natural gas fire, which burned over one year
on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Flames shot 600 feet high. The film
dramatically documents the courageous firemen who risked their lives
to cap the howling 600 foot high blaze. Directed by Igor Gonopolsky,
1988, 28 mins. The Limit is "a shout of horror about how the terrible
catastrophe of drinking condemns a human being." Families are divided,
homes are neglected, kids are hungry. A powerful examination of
rampant alcoholism in the Soviet Union. Directed by Tatyana Skabard,
1988, 14 mins. Russian with English subtitles. |
