Eccentricity is a most interesting way of understanding life. It's not often that you come across film directors working in the genre of eccentric comedy. L. Gaidai is one of a kind: he not only resorted to this method, he “played out” its possibilities to the fullest, bringing to the screen the image-mask, so common on the stage and in the circus, but almost never found in Soviet cinema. To the author book, dedicated to the work of this original master, managed to find a special - humorous - intonation of the narrative. The book teaches the art of perceiving satire and humor, helping to understand their role in the system of human values.

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