Vlatko Gilic

  • Vlatko Gilic – Dani od snova aka Days of Dreams (1980)

    1971-1980EroticaRomanceVlatko GilicYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under Tito

    Jelena spends her summer holiday tending a flock of sheep. A plane from a nearby aerodrome attracts her attention and she and the pilot engage in spontaneous games.Read More »

  • Vlatko Gilic – Dan vise AKA A Day More (1972)

    1971-1980DocumentaryShort FilmVlatko GilicYugoslavia

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    “Dan više” is about a mudbath near the small Serbian town of Bujanovac that is famous for healing illnesses. People cover themselves from head to toe in mud and then float on the water: Vlatko Gilić created a ghostly, surrealistic scenario, whose everyday quality is concentrated into an allegory of human suffering and quest.
    “Mr. Gilic’s films are called documentaries. But he’s superb at finding the astonishing images that lurk in the ordinary world. It’s as if he’d nabbed some magic from the air and wedded it to facts. And it’s a privilege to see through his eyes: Whatever interests him assumes a contagious excitement for us.”Read More »

  • Vlatko Gilic – In continuo (1971)

    1971-1980DocumentaryShort FilmVlatko GilicYugoslavia

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    SIlver Bear Berlin Festival Winner – Best Short FIlm

    In continuo (1971), koji je nagrađen kao Najbolji kratki film na Berlinskom filmskom festivalu te godine, za koga se – bez sumnje – može reći da je u međunarodnim razmjerama uzdrmao ili preispitao pojmove i žanrove kratkog filma, dokumentarnog filma, te upotrebe simbola i metaforičkog značenja u paralelnilm

    In Continuo uses slaughterhouse imagery to present the warlike nature of man, first depicting the cleaning and mechanical preparations for the slaughterhouse and then the killing, however, the animal slaughter itself isn’t shown.Read More »

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