So, they didn't and don't display Soviet movies in the US. We saw many American films here in 70s-80s. Now tell me, who's society was more open?
I wouldn't know about that really since I've never been on the US soil in my life.
The biggest reason why the soviet movies weren't displayed anywhere was that your movie industry couldn't produce entertaining titles that would have been financially succesful. Simple as that.
I recall only one movie label, 'stalker.' I watched it partly. I was amazed that you could produce science fiction in the SU although the set was an old junkyard. The movie had such a depressive tone to it that I couldn't watch it through. Every image reflected poverty somehow.
Thanks for your offer on the books but I'm way too busy to read one these days. I'm already spending too much time posting this crap here, not to mention to concentrate on a book.
I can't read a book now and then, when I start one I must read it intensively through.
I don't understand why you try to convince me that your country (during the SU) was something else than it was. You must realize that first of all I know a couple russians. That aside, I've made a roadtrip through one corner of your country so I've seen things with my own eyes.
Then there are the estonians who used to live under the iron curtain. I can tell you that they weren't happy at all of your so called 'friendly occupation.' Or maybe there was some other reason why the first thing they did was to set strict laws that made it hard for any indigenous russian to gain citizenship in the independent estonia.
I still remember the look on a guys face when he saw the first pornographic movie of his life during his trip out. Pr0n was totally outlawed and if people couldn't get out of the country, nothing could flow in either.
Anyway, I'm bored to argue about these things with you Borotsch (if you allow that endearment) as I've been there, done that and seen it all. You have a hard time to convince me that those things I witnessed during my visit there didn't exist. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.