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Idi i smotri (1985)
Harrowing masterpiece.
I just had to see what all the fuss was about, and now I know why. This is a heartbreaking, brutal and chilling film, sometimes feeling like you are immersed in a true nightmare. Its lead actor blew me away. Surely it is not an easy one to digest, since it's not a war movie that was made to entertain you, because it neither glorifies, nor sugar-coats, nor stylizes any of the violence, and at the same time it's not overstating it. In any case, it could very well be that this is the cinematic representation of what it feels like to be in a war and how it can destroy your humanity from inside out. This is evident in the physical transformation (or degradation) of the boy, we lose our innocence along with him, and we end up overwhelmed, fragile, hopeless and broken. And this is not the director just being cruel to the viewer, I think he masterfully makes us really see and understand that war is truly harrowing, that it's an absurd and nonsensical undertaking, that in the end nobody wins, humanity loses. It's definitely one of the most anti-war movies out there. It gave me an emotional hard blow, and it left me with a deep sense of unease, raising more questions than answers, but that's just what I think the most unforgettable films do.