Timur Bekmambetov on Day Watch

I think it's a very realistic film – it's just that something unreal is happening. I don't like the term fantasy. It's not that interesting to me. What's interesting about these films is what's happening with the main character, Anton (Konstantin Khabensky), because he is a real human being. Everybody has two parts, light and dark, and when you have a problem like Anton does in the first movie, with his son, then it becomes a big problem because your whole world breaks apart and all your fears are unleashed. This happens in real life, to real people, and these are Anton's demons. It's not a metaphor for human suffering – it is human suffering!

I think that the main message from the movie is that there is no good and bad in this world, there is only dark and light. There's a big difference - light represents responsibility and dark represents freedom. This conflict is more real nowadays. We are very smart now. We understand that 'good' means what's good for you, but for another person it can mean the opposite. It's a really very childish way to see things – it's very black and white and it doesn't work. But look at it another way: freedom or responsibility? That's a very important decision, and we have to make it every day. If you have enough energy and you have a childish spirit, you will choose Dark. If you're more grown up, like a hero, responsibility becomes a culture. It's something that comes with experience.

I had almost finished Day Watch when we decided to produce a third film with Fox. Maybe that will happen in a few years time, who knows? We don't know what will happen in the third yet, because we decided to squeeze two stories – the second and the third – into Day Watch and finish the Russian story. After that, we'll tell the new story with Fox. It will be different, a different instalment. There's no script yet, just ideas. I think we will keep Anton, but I don't know what will happen to him in the United States. (laughs) We'll see!