Underground
Written by Emir Kusturica and Dusan Kovacevic
Directed by Emir Kusturica
Serbia/Germany/France, 1995
Quite often there’s discussion of how to adapt famous authors’ beloved works to the screen. One such author is Kurt Vonnegut, with his awe inspiring, philosophical, literary masterworks providing much speculation on how to visualise his stories. But there’s really no point. Not only because his books are great enough as they are, but because Emir Kusturica’s Underground, has captured the insane energy and brilliant, tangential allegories and discussions that are rarely seen in film.
The film follows three characters: Marko, Blacky and Natalija and their escapades from WWII to 1992, a period that sees the three friends and their country lurching inexorably to their eventual, respective demises. The characters are used as an allegory for the formation of the Balkan nations that they inhabit through the film’s three hour runtime. On top of that,...
Written by Emir Kusturica and Dusan Kovacevic
Directed by Emir Kusturica
Serbia/Germany/France, 1995
Quite often there’s discussion of how to adapt famous authors’ beloved works to the screen. One such author is Kurt Vonnegut, with his awe inspiring, philosophical, literary masterworks providing much speculation on how to visualise his stories. But there’s really no point. Not only because his books are great enough as they are, but because Emir Kusturica’s Underground, has captured the insane energy and brilliant, tangential allegories and discussions that are rarely seen in film.
The film follows three characters: Marko, Blacky and Natalija and their escapades from WWII to 1992, a period that sees the three friends and their country lurching inexorably to their eventual, respective demises. The characters are used as an allegory for the formation of the Balkan nations that they inhabit through the film’s three hour runtime. On top of that,...
- 3/26/2015
- by James Waters
- SoundOnSight
MOSCOW -- Two more European countries named their selections for foreign language Oscar contention Monday. Serbia and Montenegro named Dusan Kovacevic's The Professional, a portrayal of the end game in the Balkans' history of communism and dictatorship. Bulgaria chose Ivan Nichev's World War II story Journey to Jerusalem (Patuvane Kam Yerusalim).
- 9/30/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MONTREAL -- Vladimir Alenikov's The Gun is the only American entry among the 19 films that will compete for top honors this year at the Montreal World Film Festival, festival organizers said Tuesday. A total of 224 feature-length films -- including 115 world premieres -- are to unspool at the festival, Aug. 27-Sept. 7. Alenikov's Gun is described as a dramatic thriller that documents a brief moment in the "life" of a gun and the people who must have it. Other films in the world competition section include Spain's 4th Floor, by director Antonio Mercero; Romania's Bless You, Prison, by director Nicolae Margineanu; and two films from Serbia/Montenegro, Dusan Kovacevic's The Professional and Goran Markovic's The Cordon.
- 8/13/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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