“I remember that during the filming of “The Presentation Begins”, having read a lot of rubbish about the humanism of the soviet taming methods, I was fishing out of Valentin Ivanovitch Filatov the facts about his “humane” taming method for an interview, writes author of the “Many-sided Variety Art” book. He was looking at me ironically, assuring me that a piece of sugar and an iron crowbar are the best educational tools for the youth. He laughed when he was saying this. And when he stopped laughing he explained: “Do understand. It’s an animal. It’s bloodthirsty by nature. It is a predator. And we must suppress its will. If you won’t – it will suppress you. And it will take your scalp off as well.” Later during the rehearsals I saw “the most humane soviet taming method” many times more, used by Filatov’s assistants – brawny men with muscles and huge fists.”