Re:The 'impossible' crane shot from Soy Cuba (1964) [video]
by marginalia_nu on Friday October 22, 2021 @10:57AM
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This is not just speculation but personal observation. I am in the position of knowing several russians and americans (while living in nether country), and I do think this is a pretty pronounced difference.
It's not people in the street perhaps that is the big contrast, but in social interaction.
The americans pretty much always smile when they greet you regardless of whether you've met, and do the whole fake "how are you" routine. I've never encountered russians doing that. It's not that they never smile, but that the reasons for smiling aren't quite the same.
It may be a generational thing as well. Russia is a lot less isolated from the west today, so these cultural clashes may be fading away.
It's not people in the street perhaps that is the big contrast, but in social interaction.
The americans pretty much always smile when they greet you regardless of whether you've met, and do the whole fake "how are you" routine. I've never encountered russians doing that. It's not that they never smile, but that the reasons for smiling aren't quite the same.
It may be a generational thing as well. Russia is a lot less isolated from the west today, so these cultural clashes may be fading away.