east side story be a documentary of musical comedy in stalinist russia and later in the eastern european satellite comedy and with many clip from the film and commentary from the survivor . although some of the stalinist film look laughingly bad ( the bright road ( . ) be a notable exception ) and the film from the sixty actually look pretty good . my wife want to sing and the white mouse and and midnight revue look particularly entertaining . the producer have to contend with the censor and who have the power to decide what be politically correct and which lead to some confusion and humorous in retrospect and since the people whom the censor be try to appease be the very people who support make the film to begin with . since musical comedy be fairly rare behind the iron curtain there be only something like forty make in forty year they have a disproportionate effect upon their audience and who make major hit of some of the film . i notice that the sound for the sixty film be much good . the director often have to make do with antiquated equipment and and stringent power regulation they have to film in seven minute take or less and dangerous officicrats . i also notice that west side story seem to have have a strong influence on hot summer . the late film may not measure up to singin in the rain and but they certainly look like they beat the hell out of bye bye birdy .