Entries by tag Made in Russia (July, 2009)

July 28, 12:00 PM

Alice In Wonderland, Perfected in 1981

With all the anticipatory hoopla on Tim Burton's Alice about, here's a perfectly-timed glimpse back into the devious, delirious animated Wonderland, Soviet style. READ ME!
July 8, 12:00 AM

The Soviet Scooter

In 1953, a year when Dwight Eisenhower became President, Soviet engineers produced something quite outstanding: the scooter. Just like almost everything else in the USSR, the scooter was initially a brick in the propaganda wall -- it was supposed to become the means of transportation which your typical Soviet citizen could buy for their average two-month paycheck (just like Lenin promised.) And the engineers delivered, by accidentally producing a masterpiece.
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