Peak hour №1 11.08.1994 (1994)

The guest in the studio is sculptor Ernst Neizvestny, who talks about the influence of Sergei Dovlatov's work on his life and creative credo, about the reasons for his opening of a private charitable foundation for provincial artists, about the freedom of cultural figures from state patronage and the partial benefit of state support for art, about the support of cultural figures in the West, talks about the goals and objectives of the foundation he created, about the political council of the foundation and the persons who are part of it, about the difficult financial situation with the opening of a monument to the victims of Stalin's repressions, about the future monument as a monument to the repentance of society as a whole, about the reasons for indifference in society towards the era of political repression, about the need for national repentance, about presidential support for the creation of a monument to the victims of political repression in Yekaterinburg, about dissociation from the crimes of the past, about the reasons for the lack of national self-awareness among citizens of modern Russia compared to the United States, about the need to develop national self-awareness and foster respect for the state flag, about the reasons for the recognition of Russian artists in the West, about the absence of a decline in Russian culture in sculpture and painting, speaks about culture as a migration of people and ideas, answers calls from TV viewers about his close connection with Russia and the reasons for his popularity in the West, discusses the concept of "

the sixties" (synchronously).

Photographs by E. Neizvestny.

Photographs of sculptures and illustrations to Dostoevsky's works created by Neizvestny.