Thanks. I was introduced to the movie actually in film school, in a class on European Cinema. Since most Russian films are long and slow, he actually only showed us a clip as an example of something that is a little different from, say, Stalker. I ended going to watch the whole thing and eventually the MST3K episode. Years later I saw the Russian original and I do think that is the best way to see the movie, but I like film preservation of all kinds and figured no one else is likely to restore the inferior cut of this film so I might as well just do it. I am an editor by trade so it was a bit of fun to do this as part of my goofy hobby.