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8 quotes by Timur Bekmambetov

Timur Nurwakhitovich Bekmambetov (Russian: Тиму р Нуруахи тович Бекмамбе тов; Kazakh: Темір Нұруаһитұлы Бекмамбетов; born June 25, 1961) is a Kazakh director, producer and screenwriter, origin who has worked on films and commercials. He is best known for the film Night Watch (2004) and its sequel Day Watch (2006), and the American films Wanted (2008) and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012).
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If I've seen the movie, it means it's an influence on my own filmmaking. Every movie has a reflection in 'Night Watch.'

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I think the most important technique is to ground everything, to make everything - to make fantasy world grounded and relatable, just great... →

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Every commercial covers different ground, different ideas, and it's my profession to direct and to tell stories - for me, it's very organic.

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I also have experience working with American producer Roger Corman who knows a lot of secrets in making movies look bigger than their budget.

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It's a big problem for American movies that all their movies are produced to be global.

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If you know exactly what your character knows, it's a drama.

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Good fighters, they are so professional and quick, you can't see what's happening. It's very important: the fight is like a dialogue.... →

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'Night Watch' itself is a very Russian movie. It's impossible to imagine this kind of movie somewhere else: a movie with a depressing... →

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