Nightmare on Tiptoes

"Nightmare on Tiptoes" is an edition of three books by the outstanding director Georgy Danelia, which became bestsellers: "The Free Rider", "The Toasted One Drinks to the Bottom", "The Cat Has Left, But the Smile Remains". The story of a family, the maturation of a personality, and the formation of a creative character, autobiographical memories of the director about the time and about himself, and about how they made movies in the last authorial edition are presented in this book.

Georgy Danelia is a world-famous director, author of scripts for such films as "People Too", "Seryozha", "The Way to the Pier", "I Walk in Moscow", "Thirty-Three", "Don't Grieve!", "Gentlemen of Fortune", "Completely Lost", "Afonya", "Mimino", "Autumn Marathon", "Tears Dropped", "Kin-dza-dza!", "Passport", "Nastya", "Eagle and Tails", "Fortuna", and the animated film "Ku! Kin-dza-dza". He is a holder of an "Oscar", "Crystal Globe", "Golden Shell", and numerous other awards from various countries and continents, and the award he valued most from Sergey Parajanov — the "Amarcord" medal, and the creator of an entire galaxy of "Kin-dza-dza", he was demanding in his work as a master of his craft, understanding that everything that would be done would remain. He always sought the best option. And if he chose, it indeed turned out to be the best.

The directorial essence always triumphed, and each chapter of the book was written as a script for a short film so that it would be interesting for the reader, effectively creating the genre of the short story.

The sense of humor is amazing, subtle, immediately revealing the essence of things and situations. A great director of extraordinary mind, delicacy, and light. All his films, sometimes with a hint of bitterness, and often with irony, are filled with this light.