2024-05-19 15:46:07
What the “Ararat” staff was in a position to do in 1973 continues to be unsurpassed in our soccer historical past. It appears that evidently the filmmakers have simply dared to talk about the sports activities biography created about half a century in the past. months in the past, the “APCinema” movie firm introduced that it had began the implementation of an enormous movie venture with the working title “Golden Double”. It’s a full-length function movie devoted to the legendary “Ararat” soccer staff, which gained the gold medal of the USSR champion and the USSR Cup in a dramatic struggle.
The writer and producer of the sports activities drama primarily based on actual occasions is Valery Saharyan, the co-producers are Hrachya Mesropyan and Shushanik Arevshatyan. The script was entrusted to Eduard Ayanyan, Raffi Zakaryan is the co-screenwriter.
Aysor.am had an unique dialog with Eduard Ayanyan concerning the progress of the movie, behind-the-scenes tales in soccer, and the actors who play the “Araratians”.
– From whom did you get the provide to write down a script for the movie about “Ararat 73”?
– I obtained the provide from the producer of the movie Valery Saharyan. He had realized from our mutual buddies that I used to be eager about soccer. In the course of the assembly, we got here to an settlement and determined to work on a movie with such content material. I’ve to confess that this venture is essential to me as effectively. I like soccer, particularly the historical past of the “Ararat” staff. My father was an enormous fan of them, there’s a large archive associated to “Ararat” within the 70s in our home. In these years, I used to be small, however I used to be all the time taken to the stadium, you may say that I grew up in that ambiance. In brief, this provide was to my coronary heart’s content material…
– Raffi Zakaryan can be talked about because the screenwriter of this movie. Really, there are two of you engaged on the script, does not that make it tough?
– , script work consists of a number of levels. the plot is developed, then it’s written in additional element, and on the finish it turns into the script itself. Teamwork is essential within the growth stage, throughout which new and multi-content concepts are born because of the alternate of concepts. Raffi Zakaryan additionally took an lively half in that course of, we mentioned many episodes with him on the very stage of writing the script. So sure, Raffi co-wrote the screenplay. I ought to say that Valery Saharyan additionally all the time participated within the discussions of the script.
– Will you speak concerning the basic historical past of “Ararat 73” or solely the profitable sport?
– The profitable sport within the 1973 cup last is the final step, the conclusion. Earlier than that, the staff suffered, fought and overcame obstacles all 12 months. What was taking place across the staff at the moment, the followers didn’t know. We are going to attempt to present all that.
– The inventive staff was lately in Russia, each there and in Armenia, that they had conferences with the legendary soccer gamers and coaches of “Ararat”. Had been you additionally current at these conferences, how did the soccer group react to the thought of making a movie about their journey?
– After all, we met and talked with many soccer gamers. It was crucial for us to listen to from them the tales, the reminiscences, on which the primary plot of the movie will rely. In any case, it is their story… Nonetheless, I missed some matches. for instance, after they had been assembly with Nikita Simonyan, sadly, at that second I used to be not in Moscow. As for the response, they responded very effectively, they welcomed the thought. Everybody mentioned that it was lengthy overdue to carry this story to the display. In any case, this is likely one of the most essential and brightest pages within the sports activities historical past of Armenia, about which the technology that skilled all of it has very heat reminiscences. Even Nikita Simonyan, who’s a really modest individual and all the time says, “paint no matter you need about me, however solely after I am gone”, welcomed our thought and supported us, remembering sincere and attention-grabbing tales.
– Did you meet solely our soccer gamers, or did you additionally meet the soccer gamers of the opposing groups to think about the total ambiance?
– We now have not met them, however we now have studied fairly a considerable amount of data. As a screenwriter, I learn their publications, memoirs, as a result of each element is essential on this case.
– Did the “Araratians” solely share reminiscences, or did in addition they take part within the script work and present path?
– No, they didn’t take part within the script work. One of many ideas of life is that everybody ought to do their very own work. Our soccer gamers as soon as did their job splendidly, now it is time for us to carry out our job at a correct degree. We obtain data, analyze it and put it on paper and display.
– Mr. Ayanyan, the general public is usually not solely in what occurs on the sector, but in addition in what occurs behind the scenes: interpersonal relations, love, and so forth. Will you be capable to hold that steadiness from the screens?
– After all, it isn’t attainable to create a movie solely about sports activities occasions. The story of the soccer staff is the main focus. This can be a sports activities drama, the hero of which is “Ararat 73”, coach Nikita Simonyan, soccer gamers and the individuals who helped to make that victory occur. Is not it true that the occasions aimed toward victory had been unfolding not solely on the soccer subject, there have been many obstacles and issues that needed to be overcome? There have been additionally glad and constructive issues… After all, we do not contact on their private lives within the movie, however there are small nuances which might be crucial. A few of the episodes they instructed will discover a place within the movie, inside the limits of correctness. We do not need home tales to take a again seat to soccer occasions.
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– Did you uncover rather a lot from the soccer politics of these years, had been there many secrets and techniques and intrigues?
– Naturally, at the moment the followers noticed what was taking place within the stadium, however they didn’t know what conversations had been happening within the dressing room. In any case, a brand new individual got here to that staff (Nikita Simonyan was appointed coach of “Ararat” in 1973.), we did not understand how the coach builds relationships along with his gamers, perhaps there have been conflicts with some gamers… In these years, there have been issues that weren’t customary to say. everybody knew that there was stress particularly from sure Ukrainian constructions, they had been attempting to prepare in order that their staff would win. In different phrases, a wrestle was unfolding not solely in stadiums, but in addition in high-ranking cupboards. We now have the chance to point out all that within the movie.
– I feel it’s tough to make a movie about these occasions and conditions, the reminiscences of that are fairly recent and tangible. Life has moved on at a quick tempo, will you be capable to get a 70’s vibe within the twenty first century that can be convincing to an viewers coming from the 70’s?
– Certainly, it’s tough to get that ambiance, however we are going to do the whole lot for it, from stadiums to music. Not a lot has handed, nearly 50 years, and people reminiscences are extra recent for our dad and mom, they had been their younger years… “Hrazdan” stadium and the encompassing space have modified rather a lot, however they could be a foundation for getting the picture of the 70s. A much bigger downside is the Moscow stadium, the place the ultimate match and the victory of “Ararat” came about. Now it has been rebuilt and appears fully completely different. To not point out that the realm across the stadium is by no means appropriate for filming immediately. If we’re exhibiting the 70s, that also needs to apply to garments, automobiles, home goods, and in the end speech. Individuals had been speaking in another way in any case. Even soccer was completely different again then, soccer uniforms had been completely different… So we now have studied all that, our staff has numerous work to take action that the viewers can see what it was and never what it’s now. Thank God, immediately’s applied sciences enable us to get options to related points. Individuals who come to the cinema shouldn’t see the unsuitable actuality and really feel uncomfortable. The viewers over 70 ought to get pleasure from watching the movie and keep in mind their youth, and younger individuals ought to be capable to see and relate to the previous “from the within”.
– Since you might have collected numerous documentation, consequently, will the movie be fiction or documentary?
– There have been many documentaries on this subject, there are additionally movies that convey that ambiance to some extent. However we now have by no means had a function movie devoted to the victories of “Ararat” within the 70s. And this can be a function movie. It’s not our process to repeat the whole lot identically and intimately, within the movie there can even be small fictional tales which might be very near actuality.
– The suitable and convincing forged can be one of many essential factors of creating the movie. Who’s included?
– A sure record of actors has been drawn up, the “dream forged” has been made. Since that is a world venture, it’s a story of the Soviet years, the coach of “Ararat”-73, Nikita Simonyan, can be an Armenian by nationality, however he’s a legendary individual within the Russian soccer actuality, we now have set a purpose that the movie can be understandable and attention-grabbing for the Russian viewers as effectively, due to this fact , we’re eager about actively together with Russian actors together with Armenian artists. Representatives of various international locations can even be a part of the inventive staff.
– What language will the movie be in?
– Nikita Simonyan was a Russian speaker, he communicated with soccer gamers in Russian. There are lots of episodes within the movie that happen not in Armenia, however in Moscow and Kiev. There are characters who will not be Armenian, and naturally these characters is not going to converse Armenian. We speculate that the movie may be bilingual, however it’s too early to inform. After which, if, for instance, the French need to watch the movie, we are going to translate it into French, no downside (smiles – river.):
– Will the names of the characters be preserved, will we hear the identical names within the movie, who had been in “Ararat 73”?
– Sure, the heroes of all soccer gamers will carry out with their names.
– Mr. Ayanyan, at first of the dialog you talked about that you simply grew up in a soccer ambiance since childhood. Are there individuals within the household immediately associated to soccer?
– My father was a youth soccer coach for a while, and he all the time performed in several novice groups. There was a time once I was additionally concerned in soccer, however I selected this skilled path, for which I’ve by no means regretted. I have to say that I’m nonetheless eager about soccer. It’s true that our Armenian soccer has not been inspiring in current many years, however I like European, significantly English soccer.
– Do you might have an idol in “Ararat 73”?
– In 1973, I used to be very younger, I received to see the soccer gamers of the staff in a while the sector. Then I heard many tales about their video games, learn, studied… To be sincere, Arkady Andreasyan all the time stood out to me, he was a world-class soccer participant. And amongst immediately’s soccer stars, I haven’t got an idol.
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