Underground is one of the masterpieces of the Balkan movies (and the World cinema of course). It is a black comedy and tells about Yugoslavia's history from the second world war until the Yugoslav Civil War. The director is Emir Kusturica who was the Bosnian originated man (now he is a Serbian filmmaker). Film begins with two friends, Balcky and Marko that are goind to their homes after whole night drinking at 1941. They have been followed by an orchestra by wind instruments and the orchestra is shown up frequently in the movie with Balkan music. It is the day of Blacky has joined the communist party but the next morning Nazis has invaded Belgrade. After Nazi occupation, the communist activists steal German weapons and resist for fascist occupiers in their own rights. Blacky frequently visits his mistress, Natalija (he has a wife and a son) who is an actress of city theatre and she is also adored by a Nazi officer, Franz. Someday, Blacky gets injured because of her and he has to hide at a cellar that is built as shelter for Nazi invasion to get recovered (it takes about twenty years). By the time, Marko becomes a powerful communist leader and claims that Blacky is killed by Nazis. Film continues with tragic events but in a surreal ending, all people around meet in a wedding (in an imaginary island).
Underground is classified as magical realism because it weaves together the reality and illusion. In my opinion the livings underground are Yugoslavia itself with the disturbia of the second world war. The theatre player Natalija is government potency or power by for other word, since she is seeking power and she is always at winner's side as the Yugoslavian society. Is this society hesitant? Or are they brainwashed? I prefer affirmative answer for the second question since government convinced the society to stand with the winner's side for its own interests as what Natalija does in the movie. The other woman figure, Vera (wife of Blacky) is a contrast because she represents the motherland of Yugoslavia that has a vague future. The original name of the film defines the film better: Bila Jednom Jedna Zemlja: once upon a time there was a country (that is called .... Yugoslavia maybe?). The best thing of the movie is soundtrack created by Goran Bregoviç (I love him, literally).
I guess I will never forget about Natalija's response to Marko's flattery love declarations : "You lie so beautifully!".
Underground is classified as magical realism because it weaves together the reality and illusion. In my opinion the livings underground are Yugoslavia itself with the disturbia of the second world war. The theatre player Natalija is government potency or power by for other word, since she is seeking power and she is always at winner's side as the Yugoslavian society. Is this society hesitant? Or are they brainwashed? I prefer affirmative answer for the second question since government convinced the society to stand with the winner's side for its own interests as what Natalija does in the movie. The other woman figure, Vera (wife of Blacky) is a contrast because she represents the motherland of Yugoslavia that has a vague future. The original name of the film defines the film better: Bila Jednom Jedna Zemlja: once upon a time there was a country (that is called .... Yugoslavia maybe?). The best thing of the movie is soundtrack created by Goran Bregoviç (I love him, literally).
I guess I will never forget about Natalija's response to Marko's flattery love declarations : "You lie so beautifully!".
Hiç yorum yok:
Yorum Gönder