Russian film-makers should look to Hollywood in order not to lose the youth audience, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said during a meeting with prominent Russian culture figures in Moscow on Thursday.
Russian youth "want to see saviors of the world - modern, strong and good - among our guys," film director Dzhakhongir Faiziyev said during the meeting, adding that a modern movie production center should be created in Russia to produce films that will be popular with young people.
Medvedev agreed.
"I have my own family impressions. I see how my [15-year old] son watches these kind of movies - with great interest," he said, adding: "Everyone wants to be a hero in this age. But these heroes do not speak Russian, that's true."
Russia should produce more high-quality action movies, he said, "not in order to regain the audience from Hollywood - we will never regain it - but because this first-rate giant mechanism sometimes does produce rubbish."
The production of the movies should be sponsored mainly by private investment, although the state should also take part, Medvedev added.
MOSCOW, March 24 (RIA Novosti)
