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Фильм основан на анализе развития ситуации вокруг строительства Охта Центр в Петербурге и реальных документах социальной и политической жизни в России. Апрель 2010 года This film is the final part in a triptych of socially engaged musicals that the Chto Delat collective began work on in 2008. This cycle includes the video films Perestroika Songspiel: Victory over the Coup (2008) and Partisan Songspiel: A Belgrade Story (2009). Filmed in April 2009, The Tower: A Songspiel is based on real documents of Russian social and political life and on an analysis of the conflict that has developed around the planned Okhta Center development in Petersburg, where the Gazprom corporation intends to house the headquarters of its locally-based subsidiaries in a 403-meter-high skyscraper designed by the UK-based architectural firm RMJM. The proposed skyscraper has provoked one of the fiercest confrontations between the authorities and society in recent Russian political history. Despite resistance on the part of various groups who believe that construction of the building would have a catastrophic impact on the appearance of the city, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gazprom has so far managed to secure all the necessary permissions and has practically begun the first phase of construction. The Gazprom tower is promoted by the authorities as a symbol of a new, modernized Russia. How are such symbols produced? How does the ideological machine of power function? How are projects like this pushed through despite the resistance of ordinary citizens? These are the principal questions raised by this film. Идея фильма: Виленский Дмитрий и Цапля (Ольга Егорова) Film Concept: Vilensky Dmitry & Tsaplya (Olga Egorova) Режиссер: Цапля (Ольга Егорова) Director: Tsaplya (Olga Egorova) Сценарий: что делать Screenplay: сhto delat Музыка: Михаил Крутик Composer: Mikhail Krutik Хореография: Нина Гастева, Михаил Иванов и Цапля Choreography: Nina Gasteva, Mikhail Ivanov and Tsaplya Декорации: Дмитрий Виленский и Глюкля (Наталья Першина) Set: Dmitry Vilensky, and Gluklya Natalya Pershina) Камера и свет: Артем Игнатов Director of Photography: Artyom Ignatov Монтаж: Виленский и Цапля Editing: Vilensky and Tsaplya Director: Tsaplya (Olga Egorova) Screenplay: Chto Delat Composer: Mikhail Krutik; Choreography: Nina Gasteva, Mikhail Ivanov and Tsaplya Set: Dmitry Vilensky and Gluklya (Natalya Pershina) Director of Photography: Artyom Ignatov
