{"id":40452,"date":"2015-12-02T20:48:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T10:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=40452"},"modified":"2015-12-02T20:48:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T10:18:33","slug":"vale-eldar-ryazanov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2015\/12\/02\/vale-eldar-ryazanov\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale &#8211; Eldar Ryazanov"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40453\" style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40453\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/p26-2_20151201.png\" alt=\"Eldar Ryazanov - 1927-2015\" width=\"322\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/p26-2_20151201.png 322w, https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/p26-2_20151201-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eldar Ryazanov &#8211; 1927-2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian film director Elda Ryazanov, known for his satirical filmography and pop-culture savvy, has passed away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Ryazanov directed nearly thirty films across a sixty year career, most notably <em>The Irony of Fate<\/em> (1970), giving his output a satirical edge that somehow managed to avoid Russian censorship. It is a film as popular in Russia as <em>It&#8217;s A Wonderful Life<\/em> is in the US. Other films Ryazanov directed include <em>Carnival Night<\/em> (1955), <em>Zigzag Of Success<\/em> (1968), <em>A Cruel Romance<\/em> (1984), <em>Promised Heaven<\/em> (1991) and <em>Still Waters<\/em>, in 2000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Enormously<\/em> influential (and popular) in Russian cinema, Mr Ryazanov worked throughout the Soviet Union&#8217;s communist regime, notably saying in 2008:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEvery time I worked, I had to force a slave out of myself and overcome my fear of Soviet authorities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eldar Ryazanov suffered a stroke in 2014, and was hospitalised in November following beathing difficulties. 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