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Tom Cruise decided to create a new generation agent 007

The militant “Mission is not comprehensive-2” is little like the “mission is impossible” under the number. The general (except for the famous musical theme) is only that the characters, just like in the Fantomas, regularly remove strangers from their faces (which, it turns out, were masks), which leads to the extreme confusion of all those present - both in the hall and on the screen. But here the difference is noticeable. In the first part, a dexterous technique to wear other people's physiognomy and even the “physics” of John Voit - regularly used only the noble hero of Tom Cruise. As soon as some scoundrel, it was inappropriate to open up and lay out all the secrets of his black soul, how he sticking a rubber mask from himself - boasting, and - a dumb scene! In the second part of the “mission” - a vile receiver to use an open face and an honest smile Cruise periodically does not disdain a bastard - “Fantomas”*.

The type of the Hero “Mission-2”, which is depicts Cruise, is completely cut through other patterns.

It is difficult to say which of the two parts of the “mission” is better. What is called the style is more in the first. But the changes between the series are quite interesting.

“The Mission” (1996), made by the classic of thriller Brian de Palma, was a picture at the same time old-fashioned and ultramodern. An old-fashioned one, because de Palma wanted to save the “same taste” of the famous primary source of the same spy television series of the 60th and 70s of the same name by our public. Ultra -commercial, because the main character of the film was the latest spy and thieves' technologies.

De Palma was worthy of a patent for the invention. The film kept the viewer not only by Saspens (for the films of de Palma traditional) and not so much the plot (not very original about the destruction of the super -secret group of Cereushniki, an attempt by international adventurers to steal a complete list of American spies, betrayal, revenge, etc.), as curious information. The fact that there are CIA special groups such as classic terrorist fives, equipped with incredible equipment, apartments in different cities of the world and de caskets of passports of any countries. About what, in fact, the equipment was invented for peeping, penetrating into over -preservable rooms, hacking secret computers. After watching, you suddenly began to evaluate the eyelids in which you live in a new way. Let two -thirds in the film is not true. If shown in the cinema, which means that tomorrow it will become true.

In addition, the fantastic scene of the pursuit of the helicopter behind a high-speed train, including in a tunnel under the la-channel with a crock on the roof of the car, was also ultramodern, when half the clothes blew off the hero of Cruise by wind. In Mission-2, with all due respect to the once cult John Wu, there is no such scene. The culmination duel on steep motorcycles, of course, is spectacular, but against the duel of the helicopter with the train, she is Van Damm against Tyson.

However, the successful experience of de Palma was taken into account by many producers, and in subsequent years a number of militants came out, for whom the story of new technologies is no less important than the plot: from "trap" to the "enemy of the state". Then the co-producer, the ideologist and star of the “mission” Tom Cruz (originally assuming that the film would have a continuation and dreaming of a new supersass spy cinema with himself in the main role), probably, thought where to go. His gaze, of course, rested on Bond. The militants about Bond are still commercially successful (and that means it is reasonable for the producer to make films of this kind), but at the same time it is clear that old Bond sat at the post of spy-Superigent No. The matter is not only that Kin-Bond will soon hit forty.

The case is the crisis of Bondiana, who is becoming more and more obvious from the film to the film. Bondiana (with all modern technological things that do not come in the fall of things from the “mission”), it is turned into the past, in the 60s, too connected with old espionage ribbons, which have always parodied. Bond - for the modern young audience - too solid, the obvious "papik". The series - with all the irony - is too politicized, and Bond is uncomfortable if there is no cold war. Finally, you don’t empathize Bond: he is a cardboard, comic, predictable character, every time you know that he will turn out of any nightmare situations and put the beauty to bed.

Cruise took advantage of the ancient Hollywood rule: the same thing, but a little different. I planned to beat the enemy on its own territory. No wonder in American advertising booklets the name of the film (original Mission: Impossible-2) is now written exclusively by the abbreviation: M: 1-2. After all, the fifth series, if it comes to it, will then be called M: 1-5, or “Mi-5”, which is very similar to the abbreviated name of the close bond of English counterintelligence, and the sixth-M: 1-6, or “Mi-6” (almost like British intelligence). The fact that Bond is tall, but Cruz is not very, and in a full -time match Bond Cruz would probably have wound up, does not play a role. In the cinema, the growth of the actor is not noticeable, and Cruz is trying: it jumps on the rocks like a snow leopard, and waving his feet no worse than the mentioned Van Damma.

“Mission-2” is the same Bond, but modern. I don’t know if the plot is borrowed from the old television series (we are talking about villains who are trying to abduct a new deadly virus to infect Australia and weld billions on antivirus trade), but in “Mission-2”, unlike “” there is no nostalgia for the cinema of the past. Everything is happening here and now. Entertaining technological things again plenty. Thus, she was overcome by the old -fashioned Bond. The idea of ​​Cruise and his co-producer Wagner Paul to invite not anyone, namely John Wu, was very successful for the filming of the sequel. Working in Hong Kong, Wu reached the highest aerobatics in the action genre, actually indicating its limits by the films "Militar" and "Currently welded". Having moved to Hollywood, the militants began to shoot not corporate Hong Kong (cruel, almost immoral, and at the same time sentimental), but standard. Cruz was just a very talented director who was aware of but abandoned his individuality, but proved himself to be a mimicry master. “Mission-2” Wu proved that he is able to perceive foreign styles (in this case, the style of Bondia), modifying them in the right producers and movie stars of the direction.

Next. In the Mission-2, as in Bondian, there are a lot of invigar. But it is no accident that both Wu and Cruise speak in their interviews not about “fiction” or “science fiction”, but about “surrealism”. Let the Sur, but related to reality. In particular, with real emotions. The hero Cruise, unlike Bond, is mistaken, worried, angry and even capable of falling in love. Thus, the cardboard, comic book Bond was overcome. After watching, one of my friends said that he did not have enough irony in the film. And the creators of Mission2 did not strive for her. They played “Spy Cinema” and made a film, of course, postmodern, but, oddly enough, not at all a parody. They wanted the audience to be a little nervous while watching. Even the "phantom" masks are not a parody.

The next move: unlike the “mission”, the hero of Cruise seems to be not an agent of the CIA and, of course, is not a spy “in the service of Her Majesty”, like Bond. That is, of course, he is an agent, but so classified and independent (leaving on vacation, does not report to the authorities, to which point of the globe he went), which, in fact, does not work for the sake of government agencies, but for the sake of himself. Well, or for the sake of higher moral goals, as he personally understands them. Thus, the politicization of Bond was absurd for the young cosmopolitan audience.

Finally, about age. Cruz is trying to prove to the audience that his hero is not a “papik”. He performs meaningless risky acts (for the sake of entertainment crawls along thousand -foot rocks without equipment). It wears long hair - Cruise grew them for the film specially to look younger.

The result is paradoxical. Mission-2 is still made of ready-made blocks. But in general, a new type of “spy cinema” turned out. For sure, this is the best of the Hollywood militants who refused John Wu. Yes, the film, of course, is from the category of “popcorn” (this circumstance is disappointed, for some reason they expected that Cruz and Wu, having spent more than a hundred million dollars on shooting, would risk making the tape more copyright). But this is a rare “pop” action movie that can be seen again.

One trouble: Cruz under forty, and pretend to be a “not a papik”, which is much younger than the “papa” Brosnan, he will not succeed for long. Will the line reach the “Mi-5” and “Mi-6”?

They are in the church, palaces, mansions and parks of suburban estates. Summer music festivals are becoming more and more only in St. Petersburg this season, one and a half dozen of them. Focusing on the famous opera shows at the foot of the Egyptian pyramids, in the Scandinavian fortresses, ancient amphithears of Greece and in the Veron arena, the organizers are trying to find unusual and spectacular sites. It is believed that tourists who come to large European musical festivities in the summer are attracted not so much by music as exotic. This is not entirely true. The prestige of popular world festivals is primarily on the confidence of tourists in the fact that they go to listen to the execution of extra-class (even if these expectations are not always met). They are lured for festivities and carefully organized “adventures” that the listeners are worried, arranging with pillows and candles on ancient benches under the starry sky, making their way along the suspended bridges and stone stairs to the yards of medieval castles or walking in tailcoats and evening dresses on English lawns during the picnic between the actions of the next opera.

The organizers of Russian festivals rarely manage to combine high -quality musical events and “adventures”. For example, in theatrical Peterhof ceremonies of the opening and closing of the fountain season, which take place right on the steps of the Great Cascade, good St. Petersburg musicians, and sometimes the famous soloists of the Mariinsky Theater and Philharmonic, participate. But even they find themselves at this holiday only by “decoration” no one expects to hear a new interpretation of some kind of aria here. There are a lot of similar actions where music plays a service role in St. Petersburg: the closure of the jazz festival in the Mikhailovsky garden, when the audience, having dancing on the lawns to the sounds of several orchestras, sits down on motor ships and travels along the Neva with songs. Or the entertainment evenings of the Master class festival, organized by Phillip Morris (though this year was not lucky with the weather - the guests gathered to listen to the Saxophonists ensemble in the Hermitage courtyard were dried up under the suddenly erupted rain and fled without waiting for the end of the ceremony).

At the Palaces of St. Petersburg, the festival also sounds music, and, of course, in the palaces of Menshikovsky, Yekaterininsky, Yusupovsky and in the Hermitage Theater. But all these are already well -known places, but in St. Petersburg there are more than 600 palaces. Film programs of the festival Authoritative Chamber Orchestra of Russia under the leadership of Konstantin Orbelan. However, he is the middle, unknown tourists who play anything from the baroque repertoire to Gershvin. Judging by the inconsistency of the sound, for the first time they are found right at the concert. You can, however, wait until the concert is over and the audience will disperse. Then the musicians repeat everything again (already more thoroughly) to record the program on the CD.

A similar festival - “Moscow action” - the Moscow government and the theater of nations are held these days in the Kremlin museums, the palaces of Kuskov, Ostankin and Tsaritsyn. It seems that the organizers do not rely only on the beauty of the interior. Programs are subordinated to the fashionable idea to present authentic art. Interesting, professionally executed programs - Orpheus Opera, Fomin, presented by the Moscow troupe “Orpharion -Consort”, touching performances of the Tsar Herod and Artaxerksovo action, have already been made at the “Moscow action”. Closer to mid -July at the festival, it will be possible to listen to the production of the Russian court of the 18th century performed by the famous Petersburg Musis Petropolitana ensemble. But with these delights are the half -sedimentary performances of the Board of Old Music, the vocalists of which cannot cope with the coloratory patterns of baroque arias, and nasal roulars are given out by falsetomes as conteenor singing. In the charming "Sheremetev seasons" at the Theater of the Ostankino Palace, musicians of different levels also participate. But here the position is saved by genuine scenery and theatrical props of two hundred years ago, skillfully manipulating which, even very professional artists and directors can create an impressive spectacle.

From musical holidays in large cities, the St. Petersburg parade of wind orchestras of different countries, which march along Nevsky and giving the final concert in Palace Square, looks quite European. But this spectacular holiday lasts only one day.

And among the musical events in Maslev: the famous BAS of the Big Khiy cities is most successful by Eutheatra Arthur Ropei recipe Festival “Musaisen opened Seliger’s Kaliger’s Kaliger in Ostashkovo. The festival “Musical is here and“ Adventures ”: Summer Summer Concerts are held in the refectory of the Resurrection in the Ostashkovo program of the Church of the 19th century, which is part of the Museum PomahCob complex of the monastery. Tourists from all George Sviridov, each ends of the lake gather in the Ostashkov on which the motor ships (the start of concerts is not only Vano with the schedule of the vessels), but he sang masterfully, but also played as some for hours reaching • dramatic military boats. The festival is worth it. The concerts take place in a cozy, almost homely atmosphere. And thanks to Irina Arkhipova, personally composing a program and inviting artists, an impeccable musical level has been supported here for thirteen years. They arrive as stars (this year, except for Arkhipova herself, Tamara Sinyavskaya, Muslim Magomaev, Arthur Eisen performed at the festival), and young performers. Essentially, the Ostashkovsky festival is something like the annual Digest of musical news. Arkhipova invites here the brightest laureates of international competitions of the season. This time she brought the winners of the 18th Glinka competition, including the owners of the most beautiful powerful bass - Mikhai La Kazakov from Kazan, Vadim Lynkovsky from Moscow and Sergey Mager from Kyiv. But the Ostashkovsky festival, of course, is not enough. Therefore, the organizers only dream of rich tourists and international fame, while they puzzle their heads where to squeeze additional chairs for poor music lovers.