Director Gleb Panfilov by Jimmy De Sana© 1987.

NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 30, 11 AM SHARP. Location: The twenty-seventh floor of the St. Moritz Hotel, overlooking the dense green rectangle and the brackish waters of Central Park. On the horizon, a yellow-grey bank of polluted air caps the foliage. Gleb Panfilov, Soviet director, and Inna Churikova, leading actress, are in town for the New York Film Festival screening of Tema (Theme). This is their first visit to the U.S.

Also present: a Russian interpreter from the Soviet Mission to the U.N., and an escort from Suzanne Salter Public Relations, to make sure we stick to our (tight) schedule. A representative of IFEX, chief distributor of Soviet films for the past 25 years, leaves as I arrive with Jimmy de Sana.

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