>>>>>>>>>>>Mike got me interested in The Big Chill so I watched it and have to say that while it was entertaining, it won't make my top 10 list.
>>>>>>>>>>>Here's my personal top 10.
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>>>>>>>>>>You are American, I presume.
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>>>>>>>>>Yes, Dragan.
>>>>>>>>>In case Donald Trump is looking, I have a birth certificate that says Brooklyn, NY.
>>>>>>>>>Hamilton, NJ is definitely in the USA.
>>>>>>>>>It's one of the older towns and it's a few miles from the site where Washington made his Christmas eve crossing to turn the tide of the revolution.
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>>>>>>>>Once, if you have too much time on your hands, consider the possibility that the rest of the world is also making movies. And what you may have missed.
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>>>>>>>I am curious; what non-american movies would you recommend for Bill (and maybe others) to see?
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>>>>>>Moskva slizam ne verit! Loved it...
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>>>>>It turned out that I never before saw this movie but only heard the name. Watched it last night. Brought about a lot of memories of the soviet era realities (especially manufacturing plant since my one and only job in USSR was a foreman at a manufacturing plant; I lived in dormitory, crammed with furniture apartments, drinking etc. etc.). Thank you for recommending the movie.
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>>>>It was one of the first films I watched in Russian..... I'll have to watch it gain soon...
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>>>Do you mean to say that you understand Russian? Than I am absolutely amazedI
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>>I was an interpreter in the military. Speak 5 languages... Russian is really rusty, no one to speak it with...
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>Interesting. The only foreigners that I ever saw speaking and understanding Russian well were those who studied in Russian colleges. I went to institute (college) where a fairly large percent of students were foreign (relative to other schools). And they - the foreign students - had to study (first year) only Russian. I don't know how and what methodology was used but it was very impressive that after that one year they were fairly fluent in Russian. I lived in dormitory with many of them (from african countries, arab countries, east european countries) and I was always amazed at their knowledge of Russian.
>If you ever want to practice Russian, I will give you my phone number :)

I spent about a year in Moldavia (Moldova ?) and am ashamed to admit how little Russian I learnt. Counting, ordering a meal, some computer terminology and the Russian chess terms were about it (but at least my chess improved a lot).

The project co-ordinator was a former military attache at the U.K. Moscow embassy and spoke perfect Russian - to the point where Russians on-site thought he *was* Russian. I think he made a *lot* of money as the USSR opened up to foreign investment :-{