 In the 1994 film Anna : 6 – 18 , director Nikita Mikhalkov observes that to be a great nation , " Russia needed great enemies " . The film then shows Phil Esposito in the penalty box from video of the series . Esposito is " performing a menacing pantomime " in the words of author Dave Bidini . The term " Esposito " also was added as a derogatory term to street slang in Russia . 
