12 січня 2018 року видання Cineuropa поширило інформацію про роботу над стрічкою Сергія Лозниці «Донбас».
Зокрема, у статті було вказано, що зйомки фільму розпочнуться за місяць, 12 лютого 2018 року, і що відбуватимуться вони в Україні.
Український продюсер фільму Денис Іванов не підтвердив цю інформацію.
Натомість, зазначив, що її поява у виданні захопила зненацька усіх, хто працює над створенням стрічки.
За поширення інформації відповідальність несе дистрибуторська компанія Pyramide, що опікується французькими та міжнародними продажами фільму.
Вочевидь, таким чином вона прагнула збільшити інтерес до нової стрічки Сергія Лозниці напередодні Європейського кіноринку, де й представлятиме її потенційним покупцям.
Відтак, у допис, представлений виданням Cineuropa, були внесені зміни: прибрано інформацію про час старту зйомок і те, що ці зйомки відбуватимуться в Україні.
Оновлена версія матеріалу оповідала про те, що Сергій Лозниця розпочав роботу над фільмом.
Особливість ситуації полягала в тому, що на момент виходу матеріалу зйомки «Донбасу» вже тривали в Кривому Розі. Їх було вирішено проводити в атмсофері секретності, з огляду на гострий соціально-політичний характер фільму, заснованого на болісній новітній українській історії.
Нижче подаємо обидві версії статті, опубліковані Cineuropa.
1-ша версія
Sergei Loznitsa’s Donbass to begin principal photography in February
The director’s new film, produced by Germany, France, Ukraine, the Netherlands and Romania, will be sold by Pyramide.
12 February will see the start of the shoot for the fourth feature-length fiction film by Ukraine’s Sergei Loznitsa, Donbass. In competition at Cannes with his last three works of fiction (My Joy in 2010, In the Fog in 2012 and A Gentle Creature in 2017), the filmmaker, who cut his teeth in the world of documentaries, a genre that he has never abandoned (Maidan got a special screening at Cannes in 2014, while The Event and Austerlitz were shown out of competition at Venice in 2015 and 2016), will bring together both professional and non-professional actors in his new opus.
Written by the director, the story is summed up as follows: when we call war “peace”, when propaganda is presented as the truth, and when we call hate “love”, it is then that life begins to look like death. Donbass survives. Manuel practises hell.
In his director’s note, the filmmaker outlines his film’s subject matter by relating it directly to a passage from the story Pain by Varlam Shalamov: “There is a hackneyed phrase: history repeats itself – the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. No. There is still a third reflection of the same events, the same plot: a reflection in the concave mirror of the underground world. The plot is unimaginable and yet real; it really exists and is right next to us.”
In Loznitsa’s view, “It seems that these sentences are an exact description of the state of things in our territory, the one that was previously the Soviet Union, as well as the subject of the movie that I am preparing to shoot: the reflection of history in a distorted mirror of the underground world. It is possible to understand and perceive exactly what human nature is during historic moments, as we bear witness to a society’s collapse. When laws that have been duly voted in cease to be effective, when the ground gives way under our feet and we can no longer lean on the crutches of social institutions or on the prevailing norms in society, but only on the strength of mind that may or may not be given to a human being to grant him or her the strength to confront the chaos. It is during these historic moments that mankind is defined, here and now, and for many years to come. These situations arise during periods of utter instability that are accompanied by wars.”
Produced by Germany’s Majade (Heino Deckert) together with France’s JBA Production (Marianne Dumoulin and Jacques Bidou), Ukraine’s Art House Traffic (Denys Ivanov), Dutch outfits Graniet Film and Wild at Art, and Romania’s Digital Cube, Donbass has secured backing from Eurimages and the CNC’s World Cinema Support. The 45-day shoot will take place in Ukraine, with Romanian cinematographer Oleg Mutu serving as DoP. The French distribution and international sales will be handled by Pyramide.
2-га версія
Sergei Loznitsa has started the production of Donbass
The director’s new film, produced by Germany, France, Ukraine, the Netherlands and Romania, will be sold by Pyramide.
Sergei Loznitsa has started the production of ihis fourth feature-length fiction film, Donbass. In competition at Cannes with his last three works of fiction (My Joy in 2010, In the Fog in 2012 and A Gentle Creature in 2017), the filmmaker, who cut his teeth in the world of documentaries, a genre that he has never abandoned (Maidan got a special screening at Cannes in 2014, while The Event and Austerlitz were shown out of competition at Venice in 2015 and 2016), will bring together both professional and non-professional actors in his new opus.
Written by the director, the story is summed up as follows: when we call war “peace”, when propaganda is presented as the truth, and when we call hate “love”, it is then that life begins to look like death. Donbass survives. Manuel practises hell.
In his director’s note, the filmmaker outlines his film’s subject matter by relating it directly to a passage from the story Pain by Varlam Shalamov: “There is a hackneyed phrase: history repeats itself – the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. No. There is still a third reflection of the same events, the same plot: a reflection in the concave mirror of the underground world. The plot is unimaginable and yet real; it really exists and is right next to us.”
In Loznitsa’s view, “It seems that these sentences are an exact description of the state of things in our territory, the one that was previously the Soviet Union, as well as the subject of the movie that I am preparing to shoot: the reflection of history in a distorted mirror of the underground world. It is possible to understand and perceive exactly what human nature is during historic moments, as we bear witness to a society’s collapse. When laws that have been duly voted in cease to be effective, when the ground gives way under our feet and we can no longer lean on the crutches of social institutions or on the prevailing norms in society, but only on the strength of mind that may or may not be given to a human being to grant him or her the strength to confront the chaos. It is during these historic moments that mankind is defined, here and now, and for many years to come. These situations arise during periods of utter instability that are accompanied by wars.”
Produced by Germany’s Majade (Heino Deckert) together with France’s JBA Production (Marianne Dumoulin and Jacques Bidou), Ukraine’s Art House Traffic (Denys Ivanov), Dutch outfits Graniet Film and Wild at Art, and Romania’s Digital Cube, Donbass has secured backing from Eurimages and the CNC’s World Cinema Support. The shoot will last 45 days with Romanian cinematographer Oleg Mutu serving as DoP. The French distribution and international sales will be handled by Pyramide.
Fabien Lemercier, Cineuropa, 12 січня 2018 року