Finally, how healthy is the Russian film industry in this new capitalist era?
More and more movies are being shot, but I don’t believe in making prognoses. For example in science there is a new Einstein born and he offers a new paradigm, a new way of looking at things – and all the sciences from that moment see the world differently. The same thing happens in art. A new person emerges and a new cinema language is born – it’s impossible to predict. On the other hand, you can always predict the commercial cinema industry because its only goal is to earn maximum money. Ideas are constantly recycled, it’s like a snake eating its own tail. It’s a dead end. There was a very critical reviewer, and this critic shot a movie of his own – it was a really bad movie – and he has since stopped criticising others. I think that’s a good sign.
