Soviet Cinema vs. Hollywood: A Star’s Perspective

The difference is colossal.

Alexander Baluev managed to get a leading role in a Hollywood movie in the 90s. Working with foreign colleagues did not live up to the star’s expectations. Then he realized that the “dream factory” was no match for Soviet cinema.

The actor was invited to the action movie “The Peacemaker,” which also featured Nicole Kidman and George Clooney. The screen star does not want to return to Hollywood. But he definitely wouldn’t refuse to return the cinema that was in the USSR.

According to the celebrity, for the vast majority of directors and artists, the film industry is primarily a source of big money, popularity and hype. But Soviet directors and actors literally lived on the set, served the cinema, so they were able to create real masterpieces.

“Soviet acting school is higher than Hollywood level”, – Baluev noted in an interview with the publication “Arguments and Facts».