Born to be a Jazzman

Some people joked that this movie is "a play by four men." There is basically no particularly attractive plot in the film, no intense action scenes, or even a heart-stirring love story. However, the interesting thing is that in addition to winning 17 million viewers, the film was also named the best film of 1983 by the authoritative film magazine "Soviet Screen" at the time. Such a film that was both a hit and a success tells the story of four young musicians forming a jazz band in the former Soviet Union in the 1920s. In such a "hot era", it was difficult for jazz, which belonged to the "capitalist ideology", to be accepted by Soviet officials. The slogan "Art must serve the working people!" that appears in almost every cultural occasion in the film is a typical symbol of that era. Four young people who love jazz carry out their "impossible mission" at an untimely and twists and turns. In the 1980s, when the film was shot, the Soviets had begun to contact Western culture through some "illegal channels." At that time, the "Last Tango in Paris" video began to become semi-underground and the concerts of dissident singers were almost full. Therefore, in such a social background, the stories in the film can be immediately recognized by the audience. The protagonists’ persistence in their ideals and their self-worth