And, not only in Budapest. I worked very closely with a very powerful government organization, which shall remain unidentified, to develop the mass marketed version of the Cube.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Now, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it.
Hungary has no raw materials and no major energy sources; we have some agricultural background. So what we produce here in Hungary is the result of our labor and minds, and then we have to sell it to the world. If we are not able to do that, if we are not innovative enough, if we are not modern and open enough, we can't do that.
For instance, I always have one hanging in Budapest in the mayors office.
Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries.
We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism. The difference in Budapest over the last five years has been remarkable.
In 'The Serpent's Egg,' I created a Berlin which no one recognized, not even I.
The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life.
I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it.
I did not plan to make the Cube.
I already find pyramids from space. Is there anything cooler than that?