Viktor Shamirov: "Seriousness is inversely proportional to talent"

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Viktor Shamirov became famous as a film director and screenwriter in 2006, after the release of the comedy film "Savages". Before that, he managed to try himself as an actor and theater director, which also did not pass by the attention of the audience and professional critics. In addition, he was seen as an editor of his films. What else is known about Shamirov?

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Viktor Shamirov celebrates his birthday on May 24th. Born in 1966 in Rostov-on-Don. After serving, as expected, in the army, he entered the Mekhmat of Rostov University. However, the student theater gradually attracted the attention of a failed mathematician, and by the third year it became clear to him that changes were inevitable.

Having said goodbye to the institute, Shamirov was in a state of uncertainty for some time, moonlighting either as a loader or as a laboratory assistant; trying to write plays and stage performances in the youth theater until he got a job as a simple laborer in the local theater "Epos". This is where he got infected.theatrical atmosphere that entered his life decisively and inevitably.

Theatre

At the age of 26, Victor, justifying his name, victoriously entered GITIS (completely by chance, according to Shamirov himself) at the directing department, where he went through a good school in the workshop of Mark Zakharov. Having received a theater director diploma, Shamirov stayed with M. Zakharov, but his first acting job was announced by him at the "School of the Modern Play" at Reichelgauz. The role of Treplev in The Seagull became, in a certain sense, Shamirov's rehearsal in the director's profession.

Then there were theatrical performances of various genres at different venues and in different cities - Viktor Shamirov preferred the status of "guest director". And each of his performances attracted attention, causing a lot of ambiguous judgments and emotions.

For example, the production of "Masquerade" based on Lermontov's drama at the Stanislavsky Theater caused criticism from critics who saw it as too obvious a parody of the classics. But "Don Juan", staged earlier at the Theater of the Russian Army, or "Not all the carnival for a cat" - on the stage of the studio "Chelovek", did not portend such a turn of events.

God

This theme was continued in the "ancient Greek home performance" by Woody Allen "God", which was decided by the Mossovet Theater. In the retelling of the Russian director Shamirov, Woody Allen's peculiar humor takes on the character of a grotesque, becoming even crazier than the eponymous tea party in the fantasy of Lewis Carroll.

According to the author's intention, inThe play revives the idea of “God from the machine”, which was typical for the ancient Greek theater, when at the end of the performance, with the help of a special mechanical device, a character descended onto the stage from above, resolving all problems.

At Woody Allen, under the name of God, an inadequate, to put it mildly, man who must die appeared in the world. On the one hand, it's sad, but on the other hand, it's a reason to laugh heartily. Viktor Shamirov in this play plays the author himself, continuing to try on the role of the Creator. In this case, the mad creator.

Movie "Savages"

Despite the fact that Shamirov positions himself as a theater director, lately he has increasingly turned to film directing. It all started with the comedy film "Savages", released in 2006 according to his own script.

This film is a variant of a situation comedy, mostly, alas, "horizontal". All participants are lying, from time to time changing positions and surroundings. So, the main savage Ai-yay, whose role is played by Gosha Kutsenko, washes his naked figure in the sea waves. Black (Vlad Galkin) methodically orgasms in the tent, Mister (Basharov) can barely stand on his feet, falling wherever possible.

The plot is almost invisible in the film: it is built, as it were, from an album of vacation memories, each of which is provided with a simple caption to match what is happening in the frame. And there is sheer lewdness to the accompaniment of gentle swearing.

And all this disgrace unfolds against the backdrop of beautiful Crimean nature. Directed by Viktor Shamirovfilmed the film in the area of Balaklava and Fiolent - the most picturesque places of the Crimean peninsula. The film crew successfully combined work and leisure, almost merging with their characters in body and soul, slowly approaching the end of the holiday season.

Completely run wild from animal life, the people begin to slowly come to their senses, feeling fed up with drinking, mechanical sex, lack of meaningful actions. It is raining, and sadness envelops the mise-en-scene that was once saturated with fun. And the piercingly sad look of Gosha Kutsenko remains like a dry residue after the sounds of a farewell song against the backdrop of the closing credits.

Further "exercises in beauty"

How else can Viktor Shamirov entertain the bored audience? The director's films: "Exercises in Beauty" (2011), "That's What Happens to Me" (2012), "Playing the Truth" (2013) have already become events in Russian cultural reality. He always surprises by showing the embryos of the high in the low, and vice versa, spying on his characters in the most intimate moments of their lives. Looking for the funny in the serious, he generously shares his findings with the audience.

About Shamirov used to say that you can expect anything from him - and still do not guess the course of his thoughts. It is predictable in only one way - it will be interesting! And if he did not get bored during rehearsals, then the viewer will definitely not be able to fall asleep on his productions and films.