Shooting Range (film) explained

Shooting Range (Тир)
Director:Vladimir Tarasov
Music:Vladimir Chekasin, Vyacheslav Ganelin, and Vladimir Tarasov
Cinematography:Kabul Rasulov
Editing:Margarita Mikheeva
Studio:Soyuzmultfilm
Distributor:Kino International (USA)
Runtime:21 minutes
Country:Russia (USA release in 2007)

Shooting Range (Russian: Тир) is a 1979 Soviet animation film directed by Vladimir Tarasov. The film is twenty-one minutes long and is set to jazz music. It is a satirical critique of capitalism and life in the United States.

Plot

In New York City, an unemployed young man (Based on Holden Caulfield) finds a job in a shooting gallery as a living target. After a while, the man falls in love and lives in the gallery with his wife at gunpoint. Finally, they give birth to baby, and the shooting range owner wants to use it as another target, too. Disgusted, the family flies off, but there are a lot of other unemployed people to fill their position.

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