Konstantin Murzenko. A long way to creative realization

In each historical era, theset of conditions - social, material and spiritual, determining the formation of a creative personality. In our chaotic modernity, due to the prevailing circumstances, not everyone initially chooses the right professional activity, what hampers the genesis of their creative activity. Konstantin Vladislavovich Murzenko is not an exception. He is an active participant in the modern film process, a recognized successful screenwriter, actor and director, who knows the needs of today's domestic film market. It is interesting that initially the filmmaker chose for himself a profession not related to the film industry.

The initial stage of formation

Konstantin Murzenko after leaving schoolentered the medical school and successfully graduated from it, although in the learning process he realized that he did not see himself in medicine. Being at the crossroads in the professional choice, the young man decides to continue his education at the St. Petersburg State University at the Faculty of Journalism. Due to financial difficulties, the future filmmaker is forced to combine the education and work of the paramedic of the ambulance station. This was only the beginning of his long journey to the big cinema. Konstantin Murzenko changed a lot of posts, managed to visit as an assistant to the director of LSDF, editor, DJ on radio, TV journalist, was engaged in writing publications about cinema.

As a writer

People's recognition came to Constantine as athe scriptwriter, on his working hours were removed tapes "Tough time", "Mom, do not grieve", "The body will be betrayed to the ground." And also Murzenko is the co-author of the picture "Ghoul". Film critics enthusiastically spoke about the dialogues prescribed by the debutant, they called them interesting in many respects because of the presence of colorful fancy. Although the author himself evaluates his dialogues as verbose, for the cinema too literary, therefore, heavy. Regarding the presence of criminal jargon, the writer modestly notes that this is just a game of context, artistic intonation.

In the actor's incarnation

Konstantin Murzenko films in which acted in filmas an actor, perceives as an important experience. As a performer, he gained popularity after the second role of Fascist in the cult cinema "Brother-2". Balabanov invited him only for one shooting day, Murzenko demonstrated a remarkable talent for reincarnation. Then there were a lot of roles, for example, in the movies "The Irony of Fate. Continuation "," Tower "," Gene Beton "," Bitter! -2 "," Real boys "," Drunken firm ", etc. Constantine carefully studied each of his images, and in the process of filming, How does the actor feel during the filming process and after the project's release in the rental.

Director's debut

2001 was marked by the fact that KonstantinMurzenko decided to make his debut as a director, presenting to the public the author's project, created under his own script called "April". To its director's debut, the author went for a long period, forming a creative vision. He began to work in the big cinema in the 90's, his addictions gradually formed. Murzenko admits that his author's manner was influenced both by high classical cinema, and by American and French noir. Such preferences did not cause internal contradictions in the director, but they pushed him to create his own project.

The film "April" is positioned asan average criminal drama, a movie about real life - social, civil, sensual. The director did not try to assert himself, creating a tape, he tried to remove a normal quality film, which was subsequently elevated to the status of a cult.