Quotes from the films "Brother" and "Brother 2"

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Many people remember the dilogy "Brother" and "Brother 2", which became a cult in the vague nineties. She reflected the essence of that time like a mirror, however, while extolling gangster romance. But in those years, the years of the six hundredth Mercedes and crimson jackets, this was what you needed. It should be noted that quotes from the movie "Brother" were taken literally line by line.

The film "Brother": the history of creation

The film, sinking into the soul of any Russian person, was filmed in 1997, already at the end of the gangster century, by a young director Alexei Balabanov. No one believed that this film would be such a resounding success. Nobody, except Balabanov himself and the lead actor Sergei Bodrov Jr. The director and actor met about a year before filming, at one of the film festivals. We talked, became friends and came up with a plot together. But funding was very tight, of course. The state allocated a very small amount, and then the creators of "Brother" had to spin on their own. They did just that - they used their own clothes and things for props, askedlet friends and acquaintances shoot them in apartments and dachas.

Almost the entire budget of the film was spent on the equipment needed for filming, the actors played for minimal fees. But in the cast, in addition to young and beginners, there were already well-established and well-known actors - Andrei Krasko, Igor Lifanov, Yuri Kuznetsov, Andrei Fedortsov, Viktor Sukhorukov … And the stars of the Russian rock scene also flashed on the screen in the role of themselves, for example, Butusov, Chizh, Nastya Poleva. In general, despite all the difficulties, the film was shot, and even entered the list of one hundred major Russian films, located in the top thirty.

About the film "Brother 2"

When fans of the film flooded the actors and the director with letters, it became clear that people were waiting for the adventures of the brave and fair fighter for the truth Danila Bagrov to continue. Filming began in 1999, the situation in the capital was then very difficult and nervous due to the explosions of residential buildings on the Kashirskoye Highway and Guryanov Street and the mass death of people. Since these were terrorist attacks, the whole city was in suspense, the streets were constantly patrolled, checking everything and everyone. For this reason, it was very difficult for the film crew to shoot scenes of shooting, pursuit, and indeed any scenes related to the use of weapons. Once they were even arrested, and it took a lot of time to prove that the weapons found in the car were just props.

And the scenes filmed in the prison cell are actuallyfilmed in the wrong place. The prisons were overcrowded, but the producer found a way out - a historical place acted as a cell - the guardhouse of the Moscow commandant's office, where Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria spent his last hours before the execution.

Phrases from the movie "Brother", which are often quoted

A storehouse of catchy phrases in this movie is the bandit Krugly. Whatever the replica, then a proverb, saying or quote: “the husband left for Tver - the wife immediately at the door”, “live even longer - you will see more”, “pull the burden on yourself so that it does not hurt to fall when walking”, “your life hangs by a thread, and you only think about profit. Or the dialogues of the German with Danila Bagrov: “You know what they say - what is good for the Russian, then the German must die? So, the meaning of my life is to refute it, "" - You told me earlier that the city is power, and then everyone is weak … - The city, Danila, is just an evil force … And the strong, when here they come, they immediately become weak here, the city takes all the strength…”

Quotes from the movie "Brother 2"

Like the first part of the famous dilogy, "Brother 2" was also taken apart by the people into phrases. Probably the most famous quote from the movie is "What's the strength, brother?". In full, this is a dialogue between the Bagrov brothers, Danila and Victor: “- And what is the strength, brother? So money is power! Money now rules the whole world, and the one who has more of this money will become stronger! - Well, let's say you have a lot of money. And what will you do? - I'll buy them all! “Will you buy me too?” Still popular emotionalSukhorukov's cry: "The Russians don't give up!" Quotes from the movie "Brother" and the phrases of many heroes are etched into the memory from the very first viewing. And, given the fact that the cassettes with this tape were watched to holes, it is not at all surprising that all the words were memorized by heart and were even useful. Young people, for example, actively used the method of Danila Bagrov in love affairs - “come on, why are you …”.

Nautilus music and Russian rock in general experienced its second heyday, because only rock compositions were used in the soundtrack for the film. Well, and one more phrase that completes the second part of the film and appealed to most Russians: “Boy, you don’t understand. Bring us some vodka, we're flying home!"

Interesting facts

Instead of Ivan Demidov, Yuri Lyubimov was supposed to star in the film, but he refused at the last moment. And Demidov was asked about it right in the corridor of the TV studio, leaving him practically no chance of refusing. Quotes from the movie "Brother 2" are full of accents on nationality. The Russian film crew often shocked their American colleagues in the process. For example, Danila's self-propelled gun could not be designed by any American employee, it was made from improvised materials by a Russian operator. And when the Russians expressed a desire to shoot part of the scenes in a real Negro quarter, the Americans completely fell into a stupor. And in the second part of the film, no stuntmen were used, the actors and the rest of the group did everything on their own.