The Swedes are bending

Film "Alexander. The Battle of the Neva ”is coming out on May 1, a red holiday for the entire world proletariat. In the life of every film commentator, even one who loves cinema, there are critical days when he longingly thinks: “Lord! Why do I need all this? Wasting your emotions, life, watching this? After all, I could have become Schopenhauer, Dostoevsky…” The creators of the Battle of the Neva, well-known in the film world, screenwriter Vladimir Vardunas and director-producer Igor Kalenov, did everything to ensure that such a critical day came for me too.

After the Battle of the Neva, a bizarre but sound idea came to me. It would be good for our filmmakers to sign a declaration of self-restraint - similar to the Danish "Dogma", but built on different principles. Introduce an embargo for two years.

Agree on points:

1. Do not use the term "blockbuster" in conversations, advertising and even thoughts, especially since our filmmakers do not know what this means (they are sure that this is a film in which more money has been invested than others, but in fact it is about the film , which earned much more than the rolling middle peasants).

2. Stop investing in the cinema these biggest grandmas (if you invest, then with the obligation to actively plunder, so that there is not enough left for shooting).

3. Forget about historical plots.

4. Leave alone the literary classics, who have already turned around in their graves.

5. Stop saber-rattling on the screen, assuring the audience that we will easily beat Bond and Die Hard with our miserable "Apocalypse codes".

Perhaps self-restraint would allow our filmmakers to appear smarter in the eyes of the public than they really are. And besides, we would finally have that very independent and artistic “new wave”, the appearance of which many have been waiting for all the 2000s. And our films every year, and not every other time, would be selected in Cannes - this year, if you don't know yet, they weren't selected.

Read the full version of the material in the Russian Newsweek magazine (April 28 - May 11, 2008) No. 18 (192)