Old comedy films that became classicsnational cinema, remembered by the viewer as an endless series of funny moments, gags and "catchy" phrases. No exception and the famous picture of 1968, "The Diamond Arm". There are wonderful aphorisms, and about the house manager - a friend of a man, and about a ripening client, and about a pack and a water tower (in fact, not such a bad acquisition at all), and, of course, “damn it.”
Password
In our films passwords met many times.This includes a flower pot for Professor Pleischner on Flower Street from Seventeen Moments, and a Slavic cupboard with a bedside table (“Intelligence feat”), and many other conventional words and phrases. The same function was performed by the common expression “damn it”. "The Diamond Hand" - a film conceived as a parody of a detective story. Even its author, Leonid Gaidai, could not have imagined that the picture would go far beyond the framework of the Procrustean lodge of this genre and would become a completely separate work of art. This happened for many reasons. But first about the main plot twists and turns, they deserve to be. Understand all the humor can those who lived at the time or know about him enough to catch all the nuances.
Plot
So, the villains conceived a crime.His very idea is already causing laughter among connoisseurs of the era. To carry gold coins in the USSR, in order to then pass them off for the treasure found and get a quarter of their value, is absurd. Gold in the Soviet Union was much cheaper than in the “world of profit and purity,” so if it was smuggled across the border, it was in the opposite direction. Then a very interesting question arises: how did a Soviet citizen, who embarked on the path of criminal gain, managed to find reliable and trustworthy partners in capitalist Turkish Istanbul. Sending his emissary Kozodoev, a man of the free profession (fashion model at the Fashion House), on a task, the “Chief” gave him the password: “Damn it”. It should have been pronounced after the imitation of the fall (the Turks specially laid a watermelon rind, for plausibility). Who knew that another person would fall who would say the same phrase?
The story about the "little man"
And the script was a success, and the casting wassuccessful, and they played with inspiration. The main character of the film was an ordinary person, what Charlie Chaplin called "small." Semen Semenovich - the most ordinary Soviet citizen, who lived in the late sixties, married, father of two children. He had a military past, like most men (and sometimes women) of this generation, but his attention is not focused. This is not a scientist, not a boss, not a poet, he is a very ordinary citizen. Therefore, his arguments about the possible rewarding (posthumously) look very comical, especially considering that the text full of tragedy is pronounced in his underpants. When Semyon Semyonovich falls on the asphalt of a foreign city, those waiting for an unknown Russian tourist cannot understand why he said “damn it.” Really hurt or password called? But, in their opinion, the long wait was crowned with success, and they happily bandaged the hand of a Soviet tourist, not forgetting to lay gold-diamonds between bands.
How to curse
In fact, remembering the evil one is too often notworth it, priests say so. He said - and he already stands behind him. In the old days, devastation was considered a sin, but nowadays, when even young girls sometimes express something much stronger from the mouth, they no longer pay attention to it. On the other hand, since the phrase has received a certain distribution, you need to know how to speak it correctly. "Damn it" or "damn it"? It is possible that representatives of the underworld are scratching themselves, but in this context the second option is still more appropriate, in the sense of capturing the soul and then sending it to hell. “Damn it your soul,” was how the curse originally sounded. By the way, the password was just that, it was often repeated with foreign helpers of the smugglers from the movie “The Diamond Hand” who did not know the Russian language with gusto.
