简介：Inthebleakfilmscapeofglasnost,TheNeedlestoodoutasablacksheepofamovie.ThemostplayfulandoffbeatoftheSovietfilmsoftheperiod,itcontrastedsharplytothemainstream,whichwasoverwhelmedwithrevisionismoftheStalinistpastandnihilisticsocialcriticism.　　Madein1988byayoungKazakhdirector,RashidNugmanov,freshoutofVGIK　　Inthebleakfilmscapeofglasnost,TheNeedlestoodoutasablacksheepofamovie.ThemostplayfulandoffbeatoftheSovietfilmsoftheperiod,itcontrastedsharplytothemainstream,whichwasoverwhelmedwithrevisionismoftheStalinistpastandnihilisticsocialcriticism.　　Madein1988byayoungKazakhdirector,RashidNugmanov,freshoutofVGIK,TheNeedlewasapioneeringeffortinseveralways.Havingcomefromaremote,stagnantrepublicofKazakhstan,thepicturesetoffamovementthathascometobeknownasthe"KazakhNewWave."RepresentedbysuchworksasAlexanderBaranov'sandBakhytKilibayev'sTheThreeandWomanoftheDay;Kilibayev'sTheTick;Baranov'sHeandShe;AbaiKarpykov'sLittleFishinLove;andSerikAprymov'sTheLastStop,theKazakhNewWavewasfortheagonizingSovietfilmofthelate1980swhattheFrenchNewWavewasforthedustyFrenchfilmofthelate1950s.TheNeedlewasthemovement'saboutdesouffle.ThefilmalsobecameamodelfortheRussianversionofpostmodernism—uninhibitedanduninformed,compensatingforthelackofculture,skill,andresourceswithmischiefandwit.AyoungmannamedMororeturnstohisAsiatichometownonlytofindhisexgirlfriend,Dina,becomingadrugaddictandhimselfbecominginvolvedinthebizarrelifeofthecity'sunderworld.InanattempttosaveDina,MorotakesherawaytotheAralSea,turnedintoabarrendesertbythetimetheyarrive.ThereDinaseemscured,butbackintowneverythingstartsanew.Almostdesperate,Morodecidestofightthedrugdealers,ledbyahospitaldoctor,whenoneofthemstabshiminadesertedpark.…