She claims that talented directors today can be counted on the fingers. He does not consider himself a supporter of the USSR, however, in Soviet cinema, in her opinion, the rules of the game were understandable, but now they are blurred. She says that obeying ideology or depending on someone financially is always unpleasant for a director.
She believes that domestic producers differ from their Western counterparts in that they do not invest their money in the production of paintings, but only act as intermediaries. She sees the problem in the fact that they, without essentially risking anything, consider they have the right to not only dictate the terms to the scriptwriters and directors, but also to dismiss them if something is not to their liking.
She says that very worthy works appear in modern Russian cinema. Although in the 90s he was going through difficult times when cinemas were used everywhere for trading floors. According to her statement, someday she will collect all her scripts and rewrite them in prose. She is convinced that Russophobia is in demand in the West, which is why they want to see films about the bloody regimes in Russia there. Meet me.
general information
Elena Paradise - Soviet and Russian director, screenwriter and producer. In her professional luggage 38 cinematographic works. She worked as a screenwriter on such popular art projects as “I am a Russian soldier” and “Empire under attack”.
Among the films put by this director are the full-length film "Super-mother-in-law for the loser" and the television series "Another Life". The filmography of Elena Paradise consists of paintings of many genres: drama, thriller, melodrama, military, crime, etc. She collaborated with such actors as Larisa Isaeva, Yana Raiskaya, Sergey Zhigunov, Alexander Yatsko, Leonid Bichevin and others.
short biography
Our heroine was born on February 28, 1957. According to Elena, in her youth she wanted to become a writer, but at the prompting of her husband, she entered the scriptwriting department at VGIK. When she was in her first year at this university, Elena Rayskaya wrote on the instructions of teachers a movie novel, which was subsequently bought by Mosfilm studio, and then beginning director Boris Tokarev took it as the basis for her film My Angel. In 1981, she became a professional screenwriter.
Director's work
In 1993, our heroine directed a film of the drama genre “Role”, in which Valery Garkalin played the main role. A year later, she acted as the director of the comedy film “The President and His Woman, ” where on behalf of the daughter of a famous politician he talks about the ups and downs of his election campaign. In 2003, she created the series “Another Life” and the full-length film “Super-mother-in-law for a loser”. In 2004, she sat in the director's chair of the film “Unequal Marriage”.
