Восприятие американских фильмов в СССР на примере одного письма к Дине Дурбин

The paper analyzes a letter that Soviet citizen Piotr Rossolovskii wrote to American film star Deanna Durbin in 1946 after watching the American movies she starred in. The author considers the reception of American movies in the USSR during the 1940s through a juxtaposition of Rossolovskii’s letter with the latter’s autobiography and memoirs and a focus on his viewership experience. Close attention is paid to the new connotations and roles attributed to American film after its transfer into Soviet culture.