In the movies everything is possible and even start a fire without fire. So with the help of burned in advance of the props, construction of sawdust and paint here it is the real ashes. A recent graduate of VGIK – Ivan Shakhnazarov – the fire concerned. In his film he addresses this element more than once. The flame and the effects of fire and symbolize loss of hope, and purification, and overcoming oneself, and spiritual growth. The characters in the movie “the Rock” – a provincial musicians who dream to assert itself in the capital – are forced to go through a series of tests.
Ivan Shakhnazarov film about a provincial rock musicians, and Peter Todorovsky – a love story
On the way to the dream they overcome a lot of difficulties and make discovery after discovery – in their young age really much happens for the first time. The share of participants of the film crew, including many novice filmmakers took many tests. Ivan Shakhnazarov says that the main challenge for him was the episode of the burning village, when it seemed that the situation got out of control.
23-year-old Director says:We shot one take, and I am full of confidence that we are now all put out, we’ll get another one, and I go out there and burning the entire village – everything, EVERYTHING BURNS, and I for a moment had the feeling that now is the quickly to escape, hide somewhere and not come again. Now I have a second devil like this coming. Here. And then somehow quickly all thoughts came into operation, and we were, ran to pull off in this burning village, where all the lights, from one home to another, and it turned out”.
A scene from the movie “the Rock”
The Director and his associates – young, creative, ambitious. Many of them met in the walls of the University. Today, after leaving the expanse of the home University, they remain under his care graduates in the work on this painting supports production center “VGIK-Debut”. General Director and producer of “Rock” – Fyodor Popov says that the main assistance to the newcomers need during post-production period.
Popov says:When installation begins, there is doubt a lot more, because that’s not what was in the script, not what I wanted to remove, Assembly history is quite different, the material film. Then begin to doubt, I ask someone there to see.”
Photos from the shoot
A support group Ivan the incredible – and its master – Vladimir Khotinenko, and his own father – the famous Russian film Director Karen Shakhnazarov. Among the newcomers this fall and seen the third generation another famous dynasty, in the Director’s role is trying Pyotr Todorovsky. In his piggy Bank already has production experience and several scenarios, however, the story with the working title “love story” is a largely personal, and therefore Todorovski, Jr. wanted to put it myself. In the center of the story – thirty years of the people who are faced with crisis. They think that they have achieved nothing – no career, nor in my personal life.
The film “love story” was filmed in Rostov
An unsuccessful actor Seva Gorelov by Alexander Petrov meets his first love – played by Wilma Kutavichus. By fate, they have to spend in one car for a few days and to overcome the way to 1600 kilometers.
Pyotr Todorovsky says about his film:the Story is mostly conversational, so I wanted to give a still movement, the dynamics of this film. So, perhaps, including so… here. Well, it’s a metaphor. Of course, not original, but do the heroes move not only in space but in what might be integrity reaches may overcome some internal problems.”
Frame from the shoot
In the paintings of the genre “road movie” are changing not only the scenery but also the characters themselves, because the journey is movement, search, test and update. And in “rock” and “love story” done by the characters the way leads them to unexpected conclusions – what seemed to them unimportant at first, comes to the fore and becomes a source of spiritual harmony.
