Russia (bbabo.net), - On December 24, the famous actor, writer, playwright, TV presenter would have turned 75 years old. A master of his craft in everything, a charming actor, honest and direct. After each new role - in "The Crew", in "Forgotten Melody for the Flute", in "Children of Bitch" - the whole country fell in love with him. But, first of all, he is a theater actor who has served at the Taganka Theater since 1969. His famous fairy tale in verse "About Fedot the archer, a dashing fellow" was sorted out into quotes. His TV program "To be remembered" about the luminaries of cinema in the 90s, along with "My Silver Ball" by Vitaly Wolf, was one of the last examples of intelligent television. Both Filatov and Wulf talked about famous actors without the yellowness that is so usual today. invites you to recall the statements of Leonid Filatov about the acting profession, about the Taganka Theater and poetry.

About the profession of an actor

Eating for today, being cunning with yourself that you didn't want more than you wanted, and that you are an artist and only ... No, you can't. An actor, any creative person should be in opposition. In opposition to common sense, to those powerful categories that crush the heart, soul, make you different from what you are, you were and will be.

About cinema

Cinema is a literally overturning impression when you see your face two by three meters, neither in the mirror nor in the photo does it seem so idiotic. Fake.

About goodies

I really like negative roles. Remember what goodies we had? A sort of blotter paper. No internal conflict, no drama, no rift. And in a scoundrel, even if he is painted only with black paint, you can always find something bright, and demonstrate this inner struggle.

About the role

It is generally accepted that an artist should play Hamlet as a kind of exam. Nothing like this! It's not about the role, but about the willingness to speak on this topic through oneself.

About the role of dreams

Did I feel my finest hour? No. All my life I dreamed of playing Cyrano de Bergerac, and three times in my life there was a case when I could do it. But for various reasons it failed. And now it's burned out.

About poetry

Voznesensky, as a poet, is stronger than Yevtushenko, in my opinion, but Yevtushenko is livelier, he is more capable of a direct response and is very kind.

About Pushkin

"Pushkin is our everything" are worn out words. They require wiping. I have such, perhaps, a stupid certainty that if children learn everything about Pushkin - about his lyceum comrades, about all his throwing, they even recognize all his mistresses, then it seems to me that this will give a different, not today's understanding of life and how beams will highlight the entrance to Russian literature.

About music

I'm not against rock, say, Grebenshchikov, but there are very few people like that. And the rest? We were born yesterday, today they are already denouncing. Do you have any idea of ​​the original nature of things? Already survive at least something, suffer, and only then convict. Or, at the very least, don't be so high up in your accusation. No, everything is for rent, no painful experience.

About humor and obscenity

Obscene humor is in vogue now. In Russia, if we talk about such topics, then it is imperative that it be funny. To avoid a feeling of rejection, you need to make it easier, not dirty, not load with lead. Then obscenity, which was required as a kind of stylistic task, as a component of the designation of the era and the way of speaking, will be in the field of art.

About the Taganka Theater

I dreamed of becoming a world celebrity, making all mankind happy with myself and forever remaining in the memory of grateful contemporaries. It didn't work out. And yet I am happy ... "Taganka" was for me the happiest place in our entire unhappy country. Here I saw and knew people, even a fleeting acquaintance with whom one could only dream of. Yuri Lyubimov, Vladimir Vysotsky, Yuri Trifonov, Bella Akhmadulina, Fedor Abramov, Sergei Parajanov, Alfred Schnittke, Bulat Okudzhava ... Taganka is a university.

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