Bila Jednom Jedna Zemlja

English Title: Underground

Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia+others, 1995, imdb

Review: 5.0 Uchuvas
Comment: I wanted to finish my today's post with a happier film! If you like Kusturica films, this movie is a MUST in your list! It's, from my end, the funniest I've seen from him. Do not miss it!

Zivot je cudo

English Title: Life is a Miracle

Emir Kusturica, Serbia&Montenegro+others, 2004, imdb

Review: 1.0 Uchuvas
Comment: I used to be fun number 1 of Kusturica after watching Black Cat White Cat and Underground but after seeing this film I lost more than half of the sympathy I ever felt for him. Those two films I mentioned before plus When father was away on business were very bizarre (VERY!)but the three of them were so well developed around one clear story. What I felt with Life is a Miracle is that he was trying to keep the bizarre atmosphere, typical in his films, but loosing all proportions. I felt hi forgot that bizarreness doesn't mean being grotesque for just the fact of being grotesque. The movie is, for me, anything else but an effort to keep an style without thinking what has made the style good before. I have to say anyway that for a reasons that I don't understand, as I'm not professional on the subject, this movie has won several awards including one nomination to the Golden Palm, Cannes (Festival that I like and believe in). So, there you go... have a look if you like and decide whether you like it or not.

Otac no sluzbenom putu

English Title: When Father was Away on Business

Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia, 1985, imdb

Review: 3.5 Uchuvas
Comment: This movie is as crazy and caotic as Black Cat White Cat film; you really don't know when to laugh or when to get upset or when to ask: what the hell was that?! The kid's acting is good, in fact he made half of the film!

Crna macka, beli macor

English Title: Black Cat White Cat

Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia +others, 1998, imdb

Review: 4.5 Uchuvas

Comment: The first time I saw this movie I wasn't very sure I liked it because it's so bloody bizarre that I wasn't sure what all that mess was about!! But the second time I saw it I just couldn't stop laughing, What a master piece! One of my favorites movies now.