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WIN ONE OF FIVE COPIES OF DAYWATCH
18 January 2008
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DIRECTOR'S CUT EDITION, RELEASED ON DVD MONDAY 28 JANUARY 2008
THEIR DARKEST BATTLE WILL BE FOUGHT IN THE LIGHT
"Gritty and insanely cool" - Zoo
"Think The Matrix crossed with Blade Runner" - News Of The World
From cutting-edge visionary director Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch) comes a modern sci-fi thriller which sees the forces of Light clash with The Dark in an epic battle to save existence. A dazzling mix of state-of-the-art visual effects and amazing action sequences, Day Watch is released to buy and rent on DVD on 28 January 2008 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment as a Director's Cut edition, with an extra previously unseen eight minutes of action.
Day Watch is the highest grossing Russian film of all time.
Set in contemporary Moscow, Day Watch revolves around the conflict and balance maintained between the forces of Light and Dark - the result of a medieval truce between the opposing sides.
Timur Bekmambetov - Daywatch Q&A
As sure as day follows night, a sequel for Timur Bekmambetov's modern-day vampire classic Night Watch was always on the cards. However, nobody quite expected that Day Watch would have the impact it did. Picking up the story from the original, we reunite with Anton (Konstantin Khabensky), a Night Watch agent who tries to keep the peace in a centuries-old underground cold war between two opposing vampire factions, the so-called Light Others and Dark Others.
Q: Do you consider Day Watch a vampire movie?
A: No. To me, the vampire is like a character in real life. Somebody drinks blood, ...but it's not a genre movie. It's just a character who drinks blood. He's a butcher because of that...I don't like vampire movies. It's very realistic what we've made; it's just a realistic movie about vampires.
Q: Day Watch features the destruction of Moscow. Was that something you enjoyed doing?
A: No. No. I prefer to keep Moscow as it is. But we have to see what will happen. The destruction of Moscow is an interesting subject...we ordered these CG shots from Ukranian CG artists, and they made it. They were very enthusiastic!
Q: But the effects are not all computer-generated?
A: It's mixed. All the time it's mixed. You will never get a good result with just one method. You have to shoot elements, add CG and then the actors have to interact with this. For example, there was one effect, when he changed his face with the snow, and there's no CG at all. That was just manipulating your attention - how to grab you and to change characters and you don't see the cut. It's witchcraft. It's a movie about witchcraft! You are watching two hours - I hope - and you cannot escape!
Q: So you don't mind working on a low budget?
A: If you don't have money for a special effect, you have to create the idea of how to produce it cheaper. It keeps you fresh, creatively. You can find this everywhere - Peter Jackson and Quentin Tarantino and James Cameron, all my favourite directors, have this relationship with filmmaking. It's like baking bread. They love audiences and feel like children. Otherwise, it's a very depressing process. Filmmaking is very complicated - and if you take it too seriously, it's very depressing.
Q: Do you see Day Watch as a sequel?
A: No. It's just one movie, in two parts, and it's important to see both of them.
Q: What about a third film to complete the trilogy?
A: In Russian, it's done. We've finished and gave it to Fox. Now, if it happens, it will be an American movie - but with some of the same actors. But it won't be like McDonalds because that is the same product everywhere.
Win on of five Day Watch DVDs! You must be 15 or over to enter this competition. By completing the entry form you are confirming that you are 15 or over.
Answer: Moscow
WIN ONE OF FIVE COPIES OF DAYWATCH
18 January 2008
<TABLE class=fImgTab cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=100 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD class=text></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>DIRECTOR'S CUT EDITION, RELEASED ON DVD MONDAY 28 JANUARY 2008
THEIR DARKEST BATTLE WILL BE FOUGHT IN THE LIGHT
"Gritty and insanely cool" - Zoo
"Think The Matrix crossed with Blade Runner" - News Of The World
From cutting-edge visionary director Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch) comes a modern sci-fi thriller which sees the forces of Light clash with The Dark in an epic battle to save existence. A dazzling mix of state-of-the-art visual effects and amazing action sequences, Day Watch is released to buy and rent on DVD on 28 January 2008 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment as a Director's Cut edition, with an extra previously unseen eight minutes of action.
Day Watch is the highest grossing Russian film of all time.
Set in contemporary Moscow, Day Watch revolves around the conflict and balance maintained between the forces of Light and Dark - the result of a medieval truce between the opposing sides.
Timur Bekmambetov - Daywatch Q&A
As sure as day follows night, a sequel for Timur Bekmambetov's modern-day vampire classic Night Watch was always on the cards. However, nobody quite expected that Day Watch would have the impact it did. Picking up the story from the original, we reunite with Anton (Konstantin Khabensky), a Night Watch agent who tries to keep the peace in a centuries-old underground cold war between two opposing vampire factions, the so-called Light Others and Dark Others.
Q: Do you consider Day Watch a vampire movie?
A: No. To me, the vampire is like a character in real life. Somebody drinks blood, ...but it's not a genre movie. It's just a character who drinks blood. He's a butcher because of that...I don't like vampire movies. It's very realistic what we've made; it's just a realistic movie about vampires.
Q: Day Watch features the destruction of Moscow. Was that something you enjoyed doing?
A: No. No. I prefer to keep Moscow as it is. But we have to see what will happen. The destruction of Moscow is an interesting subject...we ordered these CG shots from Ukranian CG artists, and they made it. They were very enthusiastic!
Q: But the effects are not all computer-generated?
A: It's mixed. All the time it's mixed. You will never get a good result with just one method. You have to shoot elements, add CG and then the actors have to interact with this. For example, there was one effect, when he changed his face with the snow, and there's no CG at all. That was just manipulating your attention - how to grab you and to change characters and you don't see the cut. It's witchcraft. It's a movie about witchcraft! You are watching two hours - I hope - and you cannot escape!
Q: So you don't mind working on a low budget?
A: If you don't have money for a special effect, you have to create the idea of how to produce it cheaper. It keeps you fresh, creatively. You can find this everywhere - Peter Jackson and Quentin Tarantino and James Cameron, all my favourite directors, have this relationship with filmmaking. It's like baking bread. They love audiences and feel like children. Otherwise, it's a very depressing process. Filmmaking is very complicated - and if you take it too seriously, it's very depressing.
Q: Do you see Day Watch as a sequel?
A: No. It's just one movie, in two parts, and it's important to see both of them.
Q: What about a third film to complete the trilogy?
A: In Russian, it's done. We've finished and gave it to Fox. Now, if it happens, it will be an American movie - but with some of the same actors. But it won't be like McDonalds because that is the same product everywhere.
Win on of five Day Watch DVDs! You must be 15 or over to enter this competition. By completing the entry form you are confirming that you are 15 or over.
Answer: Moscow
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