The voice of the barber over the screen:HOW OLD ARE YOU, IGOR STEPANOVICH?
The voice of Igor Stepanovich (over the screEn)
, HOW OLD WOULD YOU SAY?
WELL, YOU MUST BE G3TTING ON A BIT, BUT I DON 'T KNOW •••
I'M EIGHTY-ONE, EIGHTY-TWO •••
DO YOU GET A GOOD PENSION?
NOT AT ALL.
COME ON, JUST BETWEEN US?
NOTHING SPECIAL, REALLY.
NOTHING SPECIAL.
IT'S ENOUGH TO BUY BREAD WITH, ANYWAY •••
FOR BREAD?
YEs
The voice of the barber (over the screen):
YOU'RE RUINING YOuRSELF DOWN AREN'T YOU?
The voice of Igor stepanovich (over the screen NO, I'm NOT.
The voice of the barber (over the screen):
WHAT DID YOU DO?
The voice -of Igor stepanovich (over the screen HEY?
The voice of the barber (over the screen):
WHAT DID YOU DO?
The voice of Igor stepanovich (over the screen)
. WELL, AT ONE time I was A SPORTSMAN. BUT THEN I STRAINED my HEART And I WAS FORCED ••• THIS ARTIST SUGGESTED I POSE FOR HIM, SEE? SO I DID HE SEeMED TO LIKE IT And HE •••
. The voice of Igor Stepanovich (over the screen ••• RECOMMENDED ME TO OTHER ARTITS. AND SO •••
IN 1933 I BEGAN A CAREER AS AN ARTIST'S MODEL:
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
The barber (simultaniously):
WELL, I'VE HEARD THERE IS SUCH A PROFESSION. BUT HOW DID THEY ACCESS ITYOU’RE YOUR PENSION?
Igor Stepanovich (simultaneously)
'_. ' •••••• ..J :_'~""'" • .,J_.~"oJ -'_.{. 1.., ' .. ~)' •
In FACT THE PROFESSION GOES BACK TO THE TIME OF ACADEMY 'OF ARTS -- TWO HUNDERD YEARS, MORE EVEN
BUT OUR OFFICIALS AREN'T INTERESTED IN THAT, YOU KNOW. SOME EVEN SAY, "ARTIST'S MODEL, WHAT’S THAT, What KIND OF A JOB IS ThAT?" I tell them, "A MODEL IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT, TO BRING OUT--AS THEY PUT IT -- THOSE HEROES, SEE, ALL SORTS OF SOLDIERS OR SERVICEMEN AND WORKERS." BUT
THEN SOME OF THEM SAY, "HE STANDS AROUND WITH
NO CLOTHES ON. • .AND I SAY, "YES, I’VE DONE THAT TOO". ( laughter )
THE SIGN. UP TO THE NECK OR BODYBUILDING.
The voice (over thescreen):
WHEN WORK BEGINS TO MAKE yOUR HEAD SPIN, TAKE A BREAK. HAVE A TWIX. TWIX == TWO CRISP SHORTBREAD FINGERS, THICK CARAMEL AND GREAT MILK CHOKOLATE:
YOU MUST. HAVE BEEN GOOD-LOOKING WHEN yoU WERE YOUNG-.
I DON I T KNOW. AN EX-SPORTSMAN, AFTER ALL:
Igor ste~anovich (simultaniously):
IT'S NOT fOR ME TO SAY.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT •••
The barber (simultaniously):
YOU MUST HAVE HAD A LOT OF WOMEN.
Igo~ ste~anovich (simultaniously):
NO ••• GOD FORBID.
THAT CAN‘T .BE RIGHT.
Ieor ste,anovich (simultaniously):
IT IS.
I'M NOT GOING TO: BELIEVE THAT. COME ON, OWN UP.
Igor ste)anovici (simultaniously):
I HAD MY WIFE AND THAT WAS ALL. WHAT DID I NE'ED OTHERS FOR.
TOO CAREFUL WITH YOUR MONEY, WAS THAT IT? YOU HAVE TO SPLASH OUT ON WOMEM.
NOW, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WAS.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY, OTHERWISE YOU'LL •.•.
I WON'T CUT YOU, DON'T WORRY •••
Igor Stspanovich (simultaniously):
IT ALL DEPENDS ON CIRCUMSTANCES, OF COURSE.
The beginning of music.
WELL, TO PUT IT SIMPLY, WHEN THE PRODUCE ...
••• WHE;N ARTISTS PRODUCE SCULPTURES--SCULPTURE;S OR PAINTINGS, WITHOUT SOMETHING TO WORK FROM
THEY CAN'T GET IT RIGHT, SEE? THEY HAVE TO HAVE MODEL,
The voice of a barber (over the sc~een):
THAT CAN'T BE TRUE.
LET'S TIDY YOU UP EVERYWHERE THEN
YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT YOU'RE STANDING IN PLACES ALL ACROSS RUSSIA.
Igor stapsnovich (simultaniously):
YEs.
The barber (sirnultaniously):
WELL, I NEVER. AS STALIN AND LENIN? Stepsnovich
(simultaniously):
WELL, BACK THEN STALIN WAS IN DEMAND. ARTISTS ANp SCULPTORS DID WELL OUT OF HIM, MADE: A PACKtET:, AS THEY SAY.
The barber (simultaniously):
AND DID YOU POSE WITH THE PIPE OR WITHOUT IT?
Ieor Stepanovich (simultaniously):
WHAT?
HOW DID YOU POSE?
NO. JUST IN A GREATCOAT. NO PIPE, NO. JUST A GREATCOAT. LATER IN ARMY UNIFORM.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS FOR MONUMENTS. A MONUMENT WITH A PIPE DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT. AT THA1 TIME STALIN WAS IN DEMAND:
MORE So THAN LENIN.
YOU UNDERSTAND?
THAT MEANS YOU LOOKED MORE LIKE STALIN
OF COURSE. AND SO WHEN
WHEN STALIN GOT INTO HIS STRIDE,AS THEY SAY,
WHEN HE ••• CAME TO POWER, THEN ..• THEN THEY BEGAN TO COMMISSION MONUMENTS: EVERY FACTORY, EVERY ENTERPRISE; AND INSTITUTE ••• THE REPUBLICS AND REGIONS: AND THEY DIDN'T HALF •• ••• FORK OUT OF THEM. THEY PAID VERY WELL:
I JUST POSED. THEY SCULPTED WHO THEY WA,NTED •••
I JUST PORTRAYED HIS ACTIONS ••. HIS LIFE.THAT IS I M:EAN' HIS BODY. TYPE AND SO ON. AMD WHETHER I ACTUALLY LIKE HIM OR NOT, DIDN'T COME INTO IT ._ WELL, TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT •.. ALL THE MOSCOW SCULPTORS ••• •.• ALL THE MOSCOW ARTISTS ••• THE SCULPTORS. THEY ALL WORKED FROM ME, MAKING ••• THOSE STATUES, THOSE REVOLUTIONARIES, THe PARTY LEADERS ••• MOST OFTEN, OF COURSE, I POSED AS STALIN. MY FIGURE SUITED ME FOR IT, SEE? HIM, MOST OFTEN. BUT I DID D0 LENIN AS WILL. WHYY LENIN? WELL LENIN'S NOT THE SAME. THE MAIN THING -WITH HIM IS THE CLOTHES •.. THE FOLDS, HIS MOVEMENT, SEE? HE WOULD SCULPT THE FACE, UNDERSTAND?
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE MOVEMENT, THE FOLD S, SEE? AND SO POSED AS LENIN, TOO. WHEN THERE WERE LOTS OF WORKERS, YOU KNOW, MINERS, WELL ALL S0RTS REALLY, COST'RUC'TION WORKERS TOO. AND SOMEONE PAINTS A PICtURE OR MAKES A SCULPTURE. AND SO MY CAREER TOOK OFF: You CAN SAY I WAS A PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS MODEL. WHAT? I DIDN'T. MODEL. THAT'S RIGHT. JUST AN ARTIST'S MODEL. I'M GETTING COMPLETELY •••
• •• :BEFORE THE WAR THHIGS WER.E' BET'1:ER. BEC AUSE:
THERE WERE LOTS OF ORDERS. EVERY :FACTORY, E:VER ENTERPRISE AND SO ON •• ~ SOME COMMISSIONED THEIR OWN. THEY HAD THE FUNDS AND NO-ONE FORBADE IT. THEY ORDERED PORTRAITS FOR THEMSELVES, BUT IF TREY HAD TJE LEADERS DONE, THEN ••• THE GOVERMENT WOULD PAY SOME1HING TOWARDS IT AS WELL, UNDERSTAND? SO EVERYONE WORKeD AND MADE SOMETHING OUT OF IT. WELL, A LOT, OF COURSE. I RECKON 60% 50% MAYBE ••• DID IT FOR THE MONEY, OF COURSE. ... FOR THE MONEY.
AN ARTIST'S MODEL ••• WHAT'S AN ARTIST'S MODEL, WHAT DOES HE DO? A. PHONEY ••• 0R. •• SOMEONE WHO'S LET HIMSELF GO, THAT·S WHtAT. EVEN OUT OF MOSCOW, I NEVER SAID I WAS ••• ••• AN ARTIST'S MODEL. I USED TO SAY I WAS AN AC~ TOR, THAT I WAS IN FILMS. NOW PEOPILE HAVE BEGUN TO UNDERSTAND A LITTL.E' BIT WHAT SCULPURE IS ABOUT, WHAT ALL THOSE PAINTERS WERE ABOUT ••• THEY'VE STARTED TO GO TO MUSEUMS. TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MODEL COME INTO IT AND EVERYTHING: THAT A PERSON STANDS IN FRONT OF SOMEONE' AND ••• GOD KNOWS: T0 SCULPT THE LEADERS, THAT WAS A SPECIAL GOVERMENT COMMISSION. BUT SOME WORKER - ANY FACTORY COULD ORDER ITS OWN WORKER, HERO OR WHATEVER THAT WAS A SORT OF S.TANDARD, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
SEE - THAT WAS THE KURKS SALIENT. A. WHOL!E BRIGADE WORKED ON IT. TKE KURSK SALIENT - THE BAYTLE. WE WENT ALL TRB WAY OUT TO THIS FIELD: AND THERE WE PUT ON THESE GREATCOATS, ALL JKESE CARTRIDGE-BELTS. AND WE STOOD THERE WITH A RIFLE, SAY. OR EVEN ON HORSEBACK: IT'S HARD TO DO JUST LIKE THAT, YOu. KNOW. BY THE TIME YOU'VE FINISHED, YOU CAR WRING THE SWEAT OUT OF YOUR SHIRT. WHEN TUEY PUT YOU ON THE GROUND, LIKE YOU'VE BEEN KILL,ED, THAT MEANS YOU'RE DEAD. THEN YOU CAN GET A BIT OF A REST, OTHERWISE ••• TRAT WAS A SPECIAL - WHAT DID THEY CALL IT? BRIGADE OF PAINTERS, SEE? A PICTURE LIKE THAT. ••• HAS SEVERAL A:RTSTS WORKING ON IT. ONE PAINTS THIS, ANOTHER ONE THAT. BUT HOW'S ME GOING TO SCULPT A FACE FOR ONE, OF OTHER OF THE LEADERS. THEY WON" 'T ACCEPT· IT., THE COMMITTEE WON’T. THEY'LL SAY, "WHO IS THH LENIN OR THE MODEL? STALIN OR THE MODEL?" NO. HE WORKS FOR A LONG TIME FOR GETTING THE RIGHTLOOK. HE MOULDS AWAY'fOR a while AND THEN, AFTER I'VE GONE, HE WORKS ON THE LOOK. HE'S GOT A WHOLE BOARD OF BIG PHOTOGRAPHS THERE • • • ALL DIFFERENT ••• •.• SEE, AND FROM THEM HE TAKES ••• ••• HE SELECTS WHAT'S BEST.
HELLO
HELLO, IGOR STEPANOVICH, HOW ARE YOU?
A SHAVE AND A HAIRUT PLEASE.
CERTAINLY, SIT DOWN PLEASE. YOU HAVEN’T BEEN IN FOR A WHILE. I HAVEN’T SEEN YOU AROUND.
YES, THAT’S HOW IT IS. I GET ILL, YOU KNOW…
GET ILL? YOU DON’T WANT TO DO THAT.
AFTERSHAVE?
YES PLEASE. BUT THAT’S EXPENSIVE, ISN’T IT?
What ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
ALRIGHT THEN. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT.
I HOPE YOU’RE NOT GOING TO CHARGE ME TOO MUCH.
IN ALL HIS WORKING LIFE, POSING FOR ARTISTS, IGOR STEPANOVICH BOSANKO REMAINED MOTIONLESS FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. HE WAS THE MODEL FOR THE MOST FAMOUS MONUMENTS OF THE SOVIET ERA. LENINE, STALINS, MARSHALS, COMMISARS, FACTORY WORKERS, COLLECTIVE FARM WORKERS AND SOLDIERS – MANY OF THEM ARE STILL STANDING IN PLACES ALL ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
The voice of Igor Stepanovich (over the screEn)
, HOW OLD WOULD YOU SAY?
WELL, YOU MUST BE G3TTING ON A BIT, BUT I DON 'T KNOW •••
I'M EIGHTY-ONE, EIGHTY-TWO •••
DO YOU GET A GOOD PENSION?
NOT AT ALL.
COME ON, JUST BETWEEN US?
NOTHING SPECIAL, REALLY.
NOTHING SPECIAL.
IT'S ENOUGH TO BUY BREAD WITH, ANYWAY •••
FOR BREAD?
YEs
The voice of the barber (over the screen):
YOU'RE RUINING YOuRSELF DOWN AREN'T YOU?
The voice of Igor stepanovich (over the screen NO, I'm NOT.
The voice of the barber (over the screen):
WHAT DID YOU DO?
The voice -of Igor stepanovich (over the screen HEY?
The voice of the barber (over the screen):
WHAT DID YOU DO?
The voice of Igor stepanovich (over the screen)
. WELL, AT ONE time I was A SPORTSMAN. BUT THEN I STRAINED my HEART And I WAS FORCED ••• THIS ARTIST SUGGESTED I POSE FOR HIM, SEE? SO I DID HE SEeMED TO LIKE IT And HE •••
. The voice of Igor Stepanovich (over the screen ••• RECOMMENDED ME TO OTHER ARTITS. AND SO •••
IN 1933 I BEGAN A CAREER AS AN ARTIST'S MODEL:
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
The barber (simultaniously):
WELL, I'VE HEARD THERE IS SUCH A PROFESSION. BUT HOW DID THEY ACCESS ITYOU’RE YOUR PENSION?
Igor Stepanovich (simultaneously)
'_. ' •••••• ..J :_'~""'" • .,J_.~"oJ -'_.{. 1.., ' .. ~)' •
In FACT THE PROFESSION GOES BACK TO THE TIME OF ACADEMY 'OF ARTS -- TWO HUNDERD YEARS, MORE EVEN
BUT OUR OFFICIALS AREN'T INTERESTED IN THAT, YOU KNOW. SOME EVEN SAY, "ARTIST'S MODEL, WHAT’S THAT, What KIND OF A JOB IS ThAT?" I tell them, "A MODEL IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT, TO BRING OUT--AS THEY PUT IT -- THOSE HEROES, SEE, ALL SORTS OF SOLDIERS OR SERVICEMEN AND WORKERS." BUT
THEN SOME OF THEM SAY, "HE STANDS AROUND WITH
NO CLOTHES ON. • .AND I SAY, "YES, I’VE DONE THAT TOO". ( laughter )
THE SIGN. UP TO THE NECK OR BODYBUILDING.
The voice (over thescreen):
WHEN WORK BEGINS TO MAKE yOUR HEAD SPIN, TAKE A BREAK. HAVE A TWIX. TWIX == TWO CRISP SHORTBREAD FINGERS, THICK CARAMEL AND GREAT MILK CHOKOLATE:
YOU MUST. HAVE BEEN GOOD-LOOKING WHEN yoU WERE YOUNG-.
I DON I T KNOW. AN EX-SPORTSMAN, AFTER ALL:
Igor ste~anovich (simultaniously):
IT'S NOT fOR ME TO SAY.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT •••
The barber (simultaniously):
YOU MUST HAVE HAD A LOT OF WOMEN.
Igo~ ste~anovich (simultaniously):
NO ••• GOD FORBID.
THAT CAN‘T .BE RIGHT.
Ieor ste,anovich (simultaniously):
IT IS.
I'M NOT GOING TO: BELIEVE THAT. COME ON, OWN UP.
Igor ste)anovici (simultaniously):
I HAD MY WIFE AND THAT WAS ALL. WHAT DID I NE'ED OTHERS FOR.
TOO CAREFUL WITH YOUR MONEY, WAS THAT IT? YOU HAVE TO SPLASH OUT ON WOMEM.
NOW, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WAS.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY, OTHERWISE YOU'LL •.•.
I WON'T CUT YOU, DON'T WORRY •••
Igor Stspanovich (simultaniously):
IT ALL DEPENDS ON CIRCUMSTANCES, OF COURSE.
The beginning of music.
WELL, TO PUT IT SIMPLY, WHEN THE PRODUCE ...
••• WHE;N ARTISTS PRODUCE SCULPTURES--SCULPTURE;S OR PAINTINGS, WITHOUT SOMETHING TO WORK FROM
THEY CAN'T GET IT RIGHT, SEE? THEY HAVE TO HAVE MODEL,
The voice of a barber (over the sc~een):
THAT CAN'T BE TRUE.
LET'S TIDY YOU UP EVERYWHERE THEN
YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT YOU'RE STANDING IN PLACES ALL ACROSS RUSSIA.
Igor stapsnovich (simultaniously):
YEs.
The barber (sirnultaniously):
WELL, I NEVER. AS STALIN AND LENIN? Stepsnovich
(simultaniously):
WELL, BACK THEN STALIN WAS IN DEMAND. ARTISTS ANp SCULPTORS DID WELL OUT OF HIM, MADE: A PACKtET:, AS THEY SAY.
The barber (simultaniously):
AND DID YOU POSE WITH THE PIPE OR WITHOUT IT?
Ieor Stepanovich (simultaniously):
WHAT?
HOW DID YOU POSE?
NO. JUST IN A GREATCOAT. NO PIPE, NO. JUST A GREATCOAT. LATER IN ARMY UNIFORM.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS FOR MONUMENTS. A MONUMENT WITH A PIPE DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT. AT THA1 TIME STALIN WAS IN DEMAND:
MORE So THAN LENIN.
YOU UNDERSTAND?
THAT MEANS YOU LOOKED MORE LIKE STALIN
OF COURSE. AND SO WHEN
WHEN STALIN GOT INTO HIS STRIDE,AS THEY SAY,
WHEN HE ••• CAME TO POWER, THEN ..• THEN THEY BEGAN TO COMMISSION MONUMENTS: EVERY FACTORY, EVERY ENTERPRISE; AND INSTITUTE ••• THE REPUBLICS AND REGIONS: AND THEY DIDN'T HALF •• ••• FORK OUT OF THEM. THEY PAID VERY WELL:
I JUST POSED. THEY SCULPTED WHO THEY WA,NTED •••
I JUST PORTRAYED HIS ACTIONS ••. HIS LIFE.THAT IS I M:EAN' HIS BODY. TYPE AND SO ON. AMD WHETHER I ACTUALLY LIKE HIM OR NOT, DIDN'T COME INTO IT ._ WELL, TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT •.. ALL THE MOSCOW SCULPTORS ••• •.• ALL THE MOSCOW ARTISTS ••• THE SCULPTORS. THEY ALL WORKED FROM ME, MAKING ••• THOSE STATUES, THOSE REVOLUTIONARIES, THe PARTY LEADERS ••• MOST OFTEN, OF COURSE, I POSED AS STALIN. MY FIGURE SUITED ME FOR IT, SEE? HIM, MOST OFTEN. BUT I DID D0 LENIN AS WILL. WHYY LENIN? WELL LENIN'S NOT THE SAME. THE MAIN THING -WITH HIM IS THE CLOTHES •.. THE FOLDS, HIS MOVEMENT, SEE? HE WOULD SCULPT THE FACE, UNDERSTAND?
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE MOVEMENT, THE FOLD S, SEE? AND SO POSED AS LENIN, TOO. WHEN THERE WERE LOTS OF WORKERS, YOU KNOW, MINERS, WELL ALL S0RTS REALLY, COST'RUC'TION WORKERS TOO. AND SOMEONE PAINTS A PICtURE OR MAKES A SCULPTURE. AND SO MY CAREER TOOK OFF: You CAN SAY I WAS A PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS MODEL. WHAT? I DIDN'T. MODEL. THAT'S RIGHT. JUST AN ARTIST'S MODEL. I'M GETTING COMPLETELY •••
• •• :BEFORE THE WAR THHIGS WER.E' BET'1:ER. BEC AUSE:
THERE WERE LOTS OF ORDERS. EVERY :FACTORY, E:VER ENTERPRISE AND SO ON •• ~ SOME COMMISSIONED THEIR OWN. THEY HAD THE FUNDS AND NO-ONE FORBADE IT. THEY ORDERED PORTRAITS FOR THEMSELVES, BUT IF TREY HAD TJE LEADERS DONE, THEN ••• THE GOVERMENT WOULD PAY SOME1HING TOWARDS IT AS WELL, UNDERSTAND? SO EVERYONE WORKeD AND MADE SOMETHING OUT OF IT. WELL, A LOT, OF COURSE. I RECKON 60% 50% MAYBE ••• DID IT FOR THE MONEY, OF COURSE. ... FOR THE MONEY.
AN ARTIST'S MODEL ••• WHAT'S AN ARTIST'S MODEL, WHAT DOES HE DO? A. PHONEY ••• 0R. •• SOMEONE WHO'S LET HIMSELF GO, THAT·S WHtAT. EVEN OUT OF MOSCOW, I NEVER SAID I WAS ••• ••• AN ARTIST'S MODEL. I USED TO SAY I WAS AN AC~ TOR, THAT I WAS IN FILMS. NOW PEOPILE HAVE BEGUN TO UNDERSTAND A LITTL.E' BIT WHAT SCULPURE IS ABOUT, WHAT ALL THOSE PAINTERS WERE ABOUT ••• THEY'VE STARTED TO GO TO MUSEUMS. TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MODEL COME INTO IT AND EVERYTHING: THAT A PERSON STANDS IN FRONT OF SOMEONE' AND ••• GOD KNOWS: T0 SCULPT THE LEADERS, THAT WAS A SPECIAL GOVERMENT COMMISSION. BUT SOME WORKER - ANY FACTORY COULD ORDER ITS OWN WORKER, HERO OR WHATEVER THAT WAS A SORT OF S.TANDARD, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
SEE - THAT WAS THE KURKS SALIENT. A. WHOL!E BRIGADE WORKED ON IT. TKE KURSK SALIENT - THE BAYTLE. WE WENT ALL TRB WAY OUT TO THIS FIELD: AND THERE WE PUT ON THESE GREATCOATS, ALL JKESE CARTRIDGE-BELTS. AND WE STOOD THERE WITH A RIFLE, SAY. OR EVEN ON HORSEBACK: IT'S HARD TO DO JUST LIKE THAT, YOu. KNOW. BY THE TIME YOU'VE FINISHED, YOU CAR WRING THE SWEAT OUT OF YOUR SHIRT. WHEN TUEY PUT YOU ON THE GROUND, LIKE YOU'VE BEEN KILL,ED, THAT MEANS YOU'RE DEAD. THEN YOU CAN GET A BIT OF A REST, OTHERWISE ••• TRAT WAS A SPECIAL - WHAT DID THEY CALL IT? BRIGADE OF PAINTERS, SEE? A PICTURE LIKE THAT. ••• HAS SEVERAL A:RTSTS WORKING ON IT. ONE PAINTS THIS, ANOTHER ONE THAT. BUT HOW'S ME GOING TO SCULPT A FACE FOR ONE, OF OTHER OF THE LEADERS. THEY WON" 'T ACCEPT· IT., THE COMMITTEE WON’T. THEY'LL SAY, "WHO IS THH LENIN OR THE MODEL? STALIN OR THE MODEL?" NO. HE WORKS FOR A LONG TIME FOR GETTING THE RIGHTLOOK. HE MOULDS AWAY'fOR a while AND THEN, AFTER I'VE GONE, HE WORKS ON THE LOOK. HE'S GOT A WHOLE BOARD OF BIG PHOTOGRAPHS THERE • • • ALL DIFFERENT ••• •.• SEE, AND FROM THEM HE TAKES ••• ••• HE SELECTS WHAT'S BEST.
HELLO
HELLO, IGOR STEPANOVICH, HOW ARE YOU?
A SHAVE AND A HAIRUT PLEASE.
CERTAINLY, SIT DOWN PLEASE. YOU HAVEN’T BEEN IN FOR A WHILE. I HAVEN’T SEEN YOU AROUND.
YES, THAT’S HOW IT IS. I GET ILL, YOU KNOW…
GET ILL? YOU DON’T WANT TO DO THAT.
AFTERSHAVE?
YES PLEASE. BUT THAT’S EXPENSIVE, ISN’T IT?
What ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
ALRIGHT THEN. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT.
I HOPE YOU’RE NOT GOING TO CHARGE ME TOO MUCH.
IN ALL HIS WORKING LIFE, POSING FOR ARTISTS, IGOR STEPANOVICH BOSANKO REMAINED MOTIONLESS FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. HE WAS THE MODEL FOR THE MOST FAMOUS MONUMENTS OF THE SOVIET ERA. LENINE, STALINS, MARSHALS, COMMISARS, FACTORY WORKERS, COLLECTIVE FARM WORKERS AND SOLDIERS – MANY OF THEM ARE STILL STANDING IN PLACES ALL ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.