As befits all archetypal storiesfilm »Ben-Hur» is not just answered the important questions of his time, but continues to answer the questions that confronted the company one hundred and fifty years later. Bekmambetov said that the new »Ben-Hur» now is the time: »I believe that if in the near future, people do not learn to listen to each other, to forgive, to give all end very lamentable.»
Initially from Bekmambetov, famousquality, but above all entertaining movie, to hear such amazing. Philosophical epics in his filmography has not yet happened. But the director does not agree with this. »Nothing strange! The same »Night Watch» was about finding and preservation of balance between good and evil. Remember light mage Gesar, no matter how he treated the dark Zebulun, he respected his position. »
That's »Night Watch», pobivshy recordsRussian rolled in 2004, made the native of the Urals town of Guriev known to the whole world. Hollywood always is in search of new talent, the director offered a job - and made no mistake. Its unique feature as director and producer in the fact that it manages equally well to touch the hidden strings of the Russian soul ( »Christmas Tree», »Bitter!» - His production projects) and do absolutely American movies like the thriller »Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter» and the thriller »Wanted» with Angelina Jolie. He himself says that the case in multicultural native Guriev, where exiled unreliable from Arkhangelsk to Chechnya.
I was always curious how he managesSwitch consciousness between such different, in many ways even polar tasks. And here Timur thinks for the first time. »It seems to me that these two different people in me do. I still hope that this is not mechanically obtained, but ... That my feelings in this are also invested, not only knowledge. And I switch how? Yes, I can say, and did not leave from? Russia. When I have a working day in Los Angeles, people wake up in Moscow, and, thanking the Internet, I live a second life. »
I'm trying to continue the conversation about the difference in approachesTo the work of Moscow and Hollywood, but the director cares only about Ben-Hur. »I think we all live in today?» Imperial empire. The world has long been unipolar and profess values close to the values of the ancient? Ima: strength, competition, success, and so on. Plus a huge number of idols: instead of the gods on Olympus - brands. The God of soda water, the god of shoes - Olympus today moved to a shopping mall. But the empire is doomed to collapse, because people can not live in the throes of constant competition. The world will be saved only if people understand that cooperation is much more effective than fighting. »
»But all is not so bad! - Timur suddenly smiles. - The reconciliation process is already happening! Only on the Internet. In general, the Internet - a space created and exists for completely different values. It does not have people try and be. »
