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 (ru|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 a 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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