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.

Shooting Range (Тир)
Directed byVladimir Tarasov
Written byViktor Slavkin
CinematographyKabul Rasulov
Edited byMargarita Mikheeva
Music byVladimir Chekasin, Vyacheslav Ganelin, and Vladimir Tarasov
Production
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Distributed byKino International (USA)
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Running time
21 minutes
CountryRussia (USA release in 2007)

Plot

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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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  • Tir (1979) at IMDb
  • Shooting Range at Letterboxd
  • Shooting Range on YouTube
  • "SAXOPHONES AND SOCIALIST SATIRE: SHOOTING RANGE". Paneurasianist Weeb. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  • "Tarasov, Vladimir". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 24 September 2021.