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How to approach Mladen Djordjevic’s first film, a documentary on the Balkan porn industry, in the wake of the current crop of transgressive cinema coming out Serbia? It is cheap and shoddy and experimental – pretty much a on-the-job-training-ground for the wonderful and excellent follow-up, The Life and Death of A Porno Gang which lifts the best and most interesting visuals and story elements to puts them in service of a vastly improved narrative and artistic framework. The eventual (hopefully soon) DVD release of latter by Synapse Films will have Made in Serbia included as a supplementary feature; and that is about right place for it. It is overreaching and unwieldy at times, but this 97 minute feature is not completely devoid of charms and insight.Read More »
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Mladen Djordjevic – Made in Serbia (2005)
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Dusan Kovacevic – Profesionalac AKA The Professional (2003)
2001-2010ComedyDramaDusan KovacevicSerbiaAfter the collapse of the Yugoslavian government, a former secret agent, now a taxi driver, enters the office of a former university professor, now a firm director.Read More »
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Marta Popivoda – Pejzazi otpora AKA Landscapes of Resistance (2021)
2021-2030DocumentaryMarta PopivodaSerbiaSofia Sonja Vujanovic joins the Communists fighting the Nazis occupying WWII Serbia and after being taken to Auschwitz becomes a resistance leader there.Read More »
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Vladimir Zivkovic – Slatko od snova AKA Sweet Dreams (1994)
1991-2000CultMusicalVladimir ZivkovicYugoslaviaQuote:
Deni, a young woman working in McDonalds, has dreams of fame. When a producer discovers her singing talent he gets her into the game. However, she soon feels overburdened. Fortunately, the ghost of Elvis is there to help her.Read More » -
Srdjan Dragojevic – Mi nismo andjeli AKA We Are Not Angels (1992)
1991-2000ComedyCultSerbiaSrdjan DragojevicQuote:
The Angel and the devil fight for the soul of a Belgrade playboy who made a young girl pregnant.Quote:
This is one of the cult Serbian movies. Despite some people having emotional outbursts of hatred towards everything about this movie,it’s a great movie. Srdjan Todorovic,as a drummer for Ekatarina Velika (the best Serbian rock band of all time),and an actor in many movies and TV shows has shown that he is extremely talented,contrary to some statements. Uros Djuric has actually done pretty well,considered that he’s a painter,not an actor,so a mix of talents did pretty well. Nikola Kojo,one of the best Serbian actors,was simply brilliant in this movie.His non-emotion standing in this movie gave it the flavour it needed to rise as one of the best Serbian movies ever. A great movie,and a cool comedy! As I said,a cult movie of a generation!Read More » -
Ivan Stefanovic – Kad ljubav zakasni AKA Love Isn’t Always on Time (2014)
2011-2020DramaIvan StefanovicRomanceSerbiaQuote:
Radmilo lawyer who spent years in love with Ljiljana. Although the most eligible bachelor in Palanka, his small town. He refused all offers of marriage, and wants to marry Ljiljana, who plans to marry Momchila.Read More » -
Marko Djordjevic – Moj jutarnji smeh AKA My Morning Laughter (2019)
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Boro Draskovic – Vukovar, jedna prica AKA Vukovar, Poste Restante (1994)
1991-2000Boro DraskovicDramaSerbiaWarReview by James Berardinelli:
“If you turn on the evening news these days, one of the first images you’re likely to see will originate from the devastated former Yugoslavia, where centuries-old hatreds have boiled over to ignite a scenario of unspeakable horror. Yet the sights of Bosnia, presented by TV as gruesomely tantalizing tidbits of violence and death, rarely provoke a reaction from the casual viewer. That’s how it has always been with television news programs, however — their coverage of any event, designed for those with limited attention spans, is superficial in the extreme. It’s nearly impossible to generate any strong feeling for a situation, no matter how cruel or inhumane it is, when all you get is a quick series of MTV-like clips.Read More » -
Zivojin Pavlovic & Dinko Tucakovic – Drzava mrtvih AKA The State of the Dead (2002)
2001-2010Dinko TucakovicDramaPoliticsYugoslaviaZivojin PavlovicQuote:
When the war in Yugoslavia breaks out, an army officer who’s ethnic Slovenian yet still believes in Yugoslavia, decides to move to Belgrade. The country continues to fall apart and so does his family failing to find acceptance there.Read More »