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Epic battle right choice for Russia’s first Imax movie
Published: 08 February, 2012, 19:01
A blockbuster war drama revolving on one of the bloodiest battles in history – Stalingrad - will become the first Russian-language film to be released in Imax format.
A key turning point in World War Two, the battle took the lives of up to 2 million people.
The state-of-the-art technology will give viewers an opportunity to plunge into the thick of the action.
“It’s a milestone both for Imax and Russian cinema,” Greg Foster, Chairman and President of Imax Filmed Entertainment told a media conference in Moscow.
Russia’s Fyodor Bondarchuk, son of the Oscar-winning creator of War and Peace, will sit in the director’s chair for Stalingrad.
His reputation precedes him: the creator of The 9th Company and The Inhabited Island is known for his passion for special effects and large-scale blockbuster projects.
So far, the Imax boss is one of the ‘chosen few’ who have seen images from Stalingrad, due to be released next year.
“I saw 15 minutes of the film and I feel very comfortable that we made an excellent choice. It looked really spectacular!” Foster said.
“It’s a very visual movie, Foster told RT. It really does meet the criteria of what an Imax movie is all about. It takes you somewhere you dream about going to, but probably will never get to. It has a visionary filmmaker behind it. It will have a huge popularity base, people will know about it,” he added.
“Stalingrad is supposed to become a unique emotional experience, the film’s producer Aleksandr Rodnyansky told RT. It’s an emotional journey. It’s big in terms of scale and scope.”
Together with US Media Talent Group, Rodnyansky recently set up a $120-million investment fund to produce movies for the American market. Billy Bob Thornton’s drama Jane Mansfield’s Car, coproduced by Rodnyansky, will have its world premiere later this month at the Berlinale film festival.
“Russia is the fifth largest market for Hollywood movies, and that’s why Hollywood studios pay a lot of attention to it. We have a lot of major producers coming here to explore the opportunities. We expect the Russian market to be even bigger than it is today. Right now it’s worth $1,100 billion, which makes it the largest market just behind Japan, UK, Germany and France. With the growing number of screens, we are able to achieve $2 billion, Rodnyansky told RT. This would make the Russian film industry one of the most important in the world.”
Valeria Paikova, RT
08.02, 16:35
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I'll pay good money and watch any movie about kicking Nazi tail....and Stalingrad was the greatest Nazi rear-end kicking battle ever...... I don't care if it's IMAX or Hollywood....I just want to see those Nazi 'supermen' crawling out of their own latrines soiling themselves with fear and their hands way up in the air...
So this Guy wants to make the Russian Movie Industry an Appendage of Holly-weird by integrating it with that damnable Purveyor of Filth and deracinating propaganda, I say No Sir Russia doesn't need to make Movies in English to make it sell, Russia doesn't need to Go the World rather the World will come to Russia so long as we keep True to ourselves, there's absolutely No need to compromise with the Jewish-brainwashing of the Youths, we can learn all we can from them without becoming a part of them.
The Time has come to create a counterweight to Holly-weird, a better alternative, a Truly Russian One devoid of Jewish Filth.
I would ban IMAX on the basis that they have their main IMAX theatre in Eilat Israel. They are almost certainly jewish owned.