working in the first years in cinema with alexander sokurov, you laid down values, views, principlesorial experience. what other influences did you have? i... you see, sakurov is one of the most complex figures in russian cinema. he's a real professional, he knows how to hook a person to introduce him into a parallel state of consciousness, frankly speaking, maybe even too much. at some point he found himself in a rock-and-roll environment and wanted to do something with our rock stars, jointly, and we even did something... we met him there, and his personality really attracted me with this integrity of his. , with this thoughtfulness of his, with this depth of his, real, because sakurov, of course, is a very, very smart, very knowledgeable person, especially familiar with the history of the state and world history in general, but i i can’t say that he influenced me in any way, his work, it’s too serious, it’s too deep... i still try to hold on to some kind of spiritual vigor, i still try to somehow manifest myself with such the positive side, as michel de daigne said, we are forced