have first watch the movie at 14 and i remember be strike by hear the word govno ( sht ) for the first time ever on the then still soviet tv ( i bet it really be the first time in history  anyone want to add this to trivia section . positive . what an open boldness and freedom and i thought . a year pass and i be more and more impressed with the movie and the incredible acting and but my feeling turn to a kind of mixture of enjoyment from a genuine piece of cinematographic art and a bitter realization of a concept diametrically opposite to my 14 y. o. impression represent helplessness . there an air of inevitable catastrophe loom throughout the movie and of primitive degenerate tide ( embody by sharikov ) sweep the life of the fine mind advance humanity in their area . it a great metaphor of russian revolution in general and inspire by intellectual ashamed of their superiority and hop to upgrade the low class and only to unleash the power of mediocrity and get swallow by it . an extremely fine and talented piece and wrap a truly sad idea in a brilliantly satiric and elegant form . symbolically enough and the movie itself mark the end of the soviet movie tradition era before the hollywood tsunami have knock them over  for good and it seem and judge by most current russian movie ( most of them label blockbuster in prerelease . trailer and posterspositive . funnily and that govno episode be in no contradiction to efenstor comment above re rude language of current generation . from what i have already say it could seem that this might be the movie that show the way for this and but it be not . a mild word by current standard and it be way too rude back then and and just rude enough to show the true nature of all sharikovs . btw and re efenstor lament and it be sooo naive to juxtapose be intellectual and use rude lexicon and especially for russian speaker and where a single cussword could have meaning that take sentence in translation . but i join in regret that all the meaning in today teenager talk may be express by cusswords . i feel that this be the big problem than their choice of the medium that most efficient for the taskpositive . well and this movie and the book be great food for thought that might change them and or anyone who might have a luxury of watch it .