Chuck Norris vs. Communism Page #3

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I think we learned a lot,

Rambo was fighting bad men.

Chuck Norris went to save his friends,

risking a rat on his head.

The films changed what you thought,

what you were looking for,

what you were interested in.

You developed through films.

In Rocky I, hed wake up at 5:00 AM.

Hed put on that shabby

old tracksuit with a hood.

And hed go out for a run. Hed train.

And little me, who wanted to become big...

I set my alarm for 5:00.

Im not kidding!

I mixed the eggs.

God, it was awful, but I drank it.

I dressed warm like him, to sweat,

took two weights in my hands

and went for it.

There was a freshness and novelty...

that influenced you in so many ways.

From seeing the clothes,

the attitudes, the gestures...

We all wanted to have Rambos knife

with the needle and thread and all.

There was a whole life

in the video player.

We were watching films on videotape,

illegally copied from originals.

They were smuggled in illegally

and it was illegal to watch them.

I dont know where they got them.

There was a group of people who did this.

I dont know how they got the tapes.

People said they were coming on boats.

I would go or send someone to bring

new films two or three times a year.

You need courage to get in a car

and drive to get films

from an unknown world.

Open the trunk.

Take this.

Get lost!

I had an arrangement

with the border patrol

like for cigarette and drug trafficking

all over the world.

Not for one moment did I imagine

how big and valuable this would become.

No, theres no point discussing this one.

Look at all the meat!

Next one.

It was yet another endless meeting

at the Ideological Commission.

We were watching an episode of Nu, Pogodi!

A Russian animation.

Wait, stop!

Rewind that bunny.

What happened?

Stop!

Look, three balloons,

red, yellow and blue.

Unfortunately, the bunny

was carrying three balloons,

in the exact colors of the Romanian flag.

It had to disappear because it looked like

the Russians were controlling Romania.

What example are we setting

for our children? Think of the message.

Were cutting it.

It was totally absurd.

Translating for Zamfir,

I wasnt required to censor anything.

I could say priest.

Stinking communist.

I could say Easter.

God.

I could name any saint.

Father Christmas.

It seemed like a way to be free

and to spite the regime.

It was a way to win a battle.

At the time, I felt it made a difference.

She would never translate swear words.

Or anything connected to sex.

People would swear quite a bit

and wed hear Holy Moly.

And shed say, Go to hell.

The dirty words

were translated as Go to hell.

-To hell, yes.

-Thats what she said.

-No matter what crap they were saying...

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