Николай Лебедев — о «Мастере и Маргарите», плохих сценариях и собственной киношколе

Nikolai Lebedev is a film director, screenwriter, and teacher. "Legend No. 17," "Nuremberg," and "Kraken"—each of his works is a landmark event and resonates with audiences. We discussed cinema and its time, his early screenwriting experiences, remakes, and, of course, the teachers who shaped the great director and his students who will shape the future of Russian cinema. It turned out to be an honest, profound, and very enlightening conversation about his profession, creativity, and human values. Learn more in the program "Open Up, David!" 00:00 Nikolai Lebedev: Why Do People Need Cinema? 01:22 Russian Cinema and the Search for One's Own Language 02:14 "Totoshka" - A Director's Faithful Companion 02:56 The Author's Statement and the Director's Responsibility 05:07 The First Fairy Tale Written in Childhood 06:37 "The Crew": A Conversation with the Classics 09:30 On Traditions and Remakes in Art 12:51 "Nuremberg": A Story of Man in the Face of History 16:34 On the Nature of Evil and Moral Choice 18:26 Difficult Themes in Cinema: Where is the Line Drawn? 20:00 "Brother": A Film About Time or About Man? 21:46 The Nineties: Growing Up and Mutual Support 24:12 "There's Enough Evil in the World Without Creating It" 26:13 Why Every Film Becomes a Personal Statement 28:11 "Kraken": A Man Facing the Unknown 30:50 Working with Alexander Petrov and Danila Kozlovsky 32:17 What Does a Director Look for in an Actor? 34:23 An Unexpected Meeting with Yulia Rutberg 35:14 Professionalism, Talent, and a New Acting Environment 37:54 Vladimir Menshov: Lessons from a Master 43:19 The Art of Constant Learning 45:51 The Arka Film School and the Education of a New Generation of Directors 46:59 When an Established Actor Becomes a Student 50:16 Directing as a Form of Service to the Profession 51:37 What Can and Cannot Be Taught to a Director? 54:45 On finding meaning in creativity and life 56:50 "The Master and Margarita": an unfulfilled film romance 1:00:38 Screen tests for a film that audiences never saw 1:01:48 On films you want to return to YouTube "Open Up, David"    / @otkroitedavid   Rutube "Open Up, David" https://rutube.ru/channel/25067208/ TikTok "Open Up, David" https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSdLVF7fK/ Telegram "Open Up, David" https://t.me/davidsolomonwinner VK "Open Up, David" https://vk.com/stories_otkroite_david OK "Open Up, David" https://ok.ru/group/58728124252160 MAX "Open Up, David" https://max.ru/otkroite_david #lebedev #historis #open_David Only in the program "Open Up, David" will you finally see showbiz heroes uncut and unphotoshopped. Host David Winner will visit celebrities at their homes, rehearsals, and filming, ask the most uncomfortable questions, discuss the latest showbiz news, and show everything that usually remains behind the scenes. There are no staged shots in the program; everything happens here and now.