Bury Me Behind the Baseboard

By the novel ...




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The author of the famous novel ... Paul Sanaev. long been replaced by ' career guidance '. Today he is director. Moreover, unlike other young, he is not worth the labor exchange, and one for another produces a picture. Thriller ' last weekend ' romance ' Kilometer Zero ' fighter ' on game '. On the eve of the premiere of the second part - ' On the game -2: A New Level ' - Sanaev told the Itogi his views on filmmaking.

- Your picture is announced as ' gamers '. However, the film of the same name exists in Hollywood. Who's who ' borrow '?.

- Initially, the film ' Gamer ' with Gerard Butler was called Citizen Game, and in cinemas in Russia was to be called ' game '. Six weeks before the release of our picture, we called up with the leaders of the Russian distributor of the film, and the name of ' game ', they confirmed. And then a few weeks before we start suddenly, bang - and on all the posters ' Gamer '. I had to immediately change the name of: In an experiment, we announced the competition on the Internet. Won a guy from Yekaterinburg who sent the name ' on game '. Some of the ' fighters against plagiarism ... The fact that the name is similar to the famous ' freaky ' Danny Boyle movie, we just liked it, this was a trick. But the stories from our picture and ' Gamers ' completely different, except that here and there computers. But it is possible to agree that ' Die Hard ' lapped up with James Bond, because here and there spray guns.

- How many copies will be at your picture in the box?.

- The first part of the volume came out in 550 copies. Circulation of the 'New Level ' - about 350. The company ' CARO ', producing a picture, gathered statistics on the national cinema, and it turned out: of the 600 copies of any of our film revenue yield only 350-400. The remaining 200 pieces spinning idle and often do not even fight off the cost of their printing. The company decided to optimize the rental.

- What are the expectations imposed on commercial film?.

- Forecasts of the box- office was the first part of the order of 5 million. With a budget of both films in the seven million, one of which gave the state. Charges were first part of the 3.7 million dollars. Why are we gleaning? . ru ' and read reviews of our picture. There's more than 70 percent positive reviews, half of which begins with the words: ' Do not go to the Russian film industry, I think his trash. Did not expect anything from this movie, but it happened to look, and suddenly like '. When the movie came out in the rolling, viewers were tuned very biased. Russian action? . Now let's see, how will the second part of the picture. In general, we expect that the commercial history of long-playing tape will. Both parts of ... Such a product may be interested in the genre of the order of thirty. The contracts, of course, fabulous - from the French, for example, we received an offer for 150 euros - but in general piggy bank, they will look good.

At the same ' KinoPoiske ' rating out of the second part is about 50 percent. In the first part was 35. You should also understand that our project is designed for viewers from 15 to 23-25 ​​years. A primary audience cinemas 25-30. The first warning bell was at the exhibition ' IgroMir ', where we presented the film crowds of young gamers. I looked at them and thought: ' And I'm in cinemas this contingent has ever seen! ' . It's nice that the number of our viewers were added by another one million downloads, but the box- office is not pristegnesh. Incidentally, the U.S. ' gamer ', which you remembered, gathered at our box office total $ 2.3 million.

- Most of the directors of your generation are the box- office and did not dream.

- There are directors who make films for myself and a dozen critics of the festival. And I try to shoot for the viewer. Directed by the so-called new wave set for ourselves - they take about the Russian reality. Do not chase the special effects, the dynamics of the plot, action. Obtained quite dark films - that 'the Grinder ' Basil Sigareva that ... Chernushnye films about life, perhaps someone needs, but I did not close their aesthetics. Maybe it's because life is really not necessary, such as they show.

- And what?.

- What's he want, then it and make out. Here is an example. There is a drama of ' Billy Elliot ' Stephen Daldry about how the youngest son of hardworking mining town suddenly realized that his calling - the ballet. At first my father was against it, but when I saw a guy dancing lights, changed the view and gave it to the London ballet school. This is a gorgeous film about how to break free from the chernukha. I would be happy to remove such. And our ' new wave ' puts viewers face in the shit, that shit smears on the face and says, ' Ka -ak, we live in miserable! ' . Discern in them the story is almost impossible. A movie I think should speak in plain language.

- And what about the hidden meanings, messages of?.

- And from whom they hide? . In general, it seems, you think of the camp who threw stones at me. Because I chose the path of entertaining movies? .

- Make movies -level U.S..

- Our film was shown at the American Film Market, the American reviewer wrote that this is one of the best ever made cyber- action and the best genre film shot outside of Hollywood. While in Hollywood in the whole of our budget, probably the only lunch. I'm not saying give me money through the roof, and I 'll take, as in America. I say - give enough. In ' The Last weekend ', for example, lacked kakih-nibud fifty thousand to a scene in which one character is sinking at a construction site, was removed in a human - not incomprehensible puddle and drenched in a concrete foundation. When I watch the shot in the film ' In game ' decoration, I see what they look like bondiane 70. They would be the same as in modern Hollywood films, if they were built in the Czech Republic, which removed half of American paintings, or at least did not save at every nail. Cinema does not exist in a vacuum. We can not build ' Boeing ' and ' Mercedes ', and the demand from the movie so that it looked at the Paramount. Here Nikita Mikhalkov filmed eight years ' Burnt by the Sun -2', which cost him a lot of blood and money: the budget of 50 million has already been quite a European. Certainly the film has turned out at the world level.

- So, do not remove, and write. What is the point at the navel to maneuver? .

- I would dodge, because like the movie. Like magic, when you yourself are creating kind of real life.

- Do you regret that your own story filmed another director?.

- I myself did not drive to remove ' Bury Me Behind the Baseboard ... I just realized that to give another year of life the story I did not want to.

- There are new editions ' skirting ', and with new chapters. This is your know-how - to append a book and sell it as fresh?.

- These new chapters have been written simultaneously with the others, but at the time turned out not very good, and I had to black out more easily than to rewrite. And now, when there were very good illustration of Alexandra Nikolaenko and came up with the idea of ​​gift edition, I thought, why not rewrite them again. If this works out - will be a good addition. It seems to be turned.

- Apparently, the ' plinth ' provides you a good idea?.

- Enough so that you can now write a new novel ' The Chronicles of razdolbaya ' and everything will not be distracted. Just do not ask, as a novel. Let me just say that fans of ' skirting ' after reading a new book is likely to be split into two irreconcilable camps - one new book from the heart love, others may be rejected. But do not write this thing can not. accumulated.


Stas Lobastov.







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