A few thoughts about America I miss American westerns I used to see when I was in the US. Some were really nice, although I remember just two or three of them. Spaghetti-westerns like Sergio Leone's films were also exciting. Their atmospheres and characters, simple humor and Leone's directorial tricks made me laugh. I guess he was widely recognized for creating this genre. Russians are used to see something complicated aesthetically and philosophically. Earlier it was Tarkovsky, then art-house genre; lots of people prefer European movies. Westerns convey the spirit of America - naive, dynamic and wild, which I either loved or hated. This nation is still young and what one can borrow from them is this ability to perceive and experience the world naturally as well as to act intensively and optimistically. I presume that the only area where it works not so good is their international policy.