The film director comes to the Minister of Culture

The film director comes to the Minister of Culture. A fantasy story.


- Hello, Herr Minister!

- Glad to see you, Mr. Filmmaker! There was an advance call about you from the State Chancellery.

- You understand, everyone is tired of a certain author from Russia who wrote two books about Heinrich Schliemann and quite a few stories and essays. As soon as the next news about the “Treasures of Priam” comes, this author writes either a story or an essay.

- Really ... Of course, no one publishes him - neither in Russia, nor in other countries (even on our platforms for free publications) ... one of his publications had to be stopped on the fly ... Our kind Internet-Bauers accepted some of his works for publication. (When will his enthusiasm run out?). But we managed to stop everything ... But this is not a full-fledged way out ...

- Yes, of course ... We should, as it were, obscure unnecessary processes with our activity ... With our useful activity ...

- Yes, colleague, of course... We urgently need to make another documentary about Heinrich Schliemann. This is a difficult task, but I hope you will cope with it ... Visit the countries of the Mediterranean (it is not necessary to travel to Russia - you can use engravings (of Schliemann's period) depicting St. Petersburg landscapes). Will three million euros be enough for your creative task?

- We previously discussed the issue of fifteen million euros.

- Our taxpayers will not understand us - there are even some doubts about a solid state news organization - what do correspondents do there - abroad? Do they deliver all the information to our citizens-taxpayers? So ... three and a half million euros for your future film - this I can provide you ...

- Thanks to. I agree. The creative task is difficult. But if there is interest in Heinrich Schliemann in different countries, then we must not let valuable content slip from our hands.

- I wish you success, colleague!

- Thank you. I am now going to the bank. And tomorrow with the film crew we fly to Athens! Goodbye. In Moscow, I heard, now it is snowing, and in St. Petersburg, many sidewalks are covered with ice ...

- In fact of the matter! I wish you good work in Athens!


A note.

After completely deleting my Google account today, January 18, 2022, new videos “popped up” on my screen, and I noticed a new film about Heinrich Schliemann. It even mentions a new study on "Trojan Gold", a "valuable" study that I wrote about in one of my essays...


January 18, 2022 6:37 pm


Translation from Russian into English: January 18, 2022 19:10
Владимир Владимирович Залесский “Кинорежиссер приходит к Министру культуры. Фантастический рассказ”.

{ 2733. Кинорежиссер приходит к Министру культуры. Фантастический рассказ.
MMDCCIII. The film director comes to the Minister of Culture. A fantasy story. (English). }