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In the Fall of 2000 we have started an educational film series to represent Serbian and Yugoslav cinematography. Here is a listing of the movies that were or will be shown in this series. |
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Upcoming Movie Events MIT Organization of Serbian Students (MOST) and the Serbian-American Alliance of New England cordially invite you to the presentation of KOSOVO AND METOHIA, 17-19 MARCH 2004: POGROM an exclusive documentary about the latest outbreak of ethnic violence in Kosovo and Metohia made by Ninoslav Randjelovic, an independent film producer and author from Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro. Thursday, April 29, 2004 at 7:00PM Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 1, Room 1-190 33 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA Along with this, Mr. Randjelovic will also present "Kosovo and Metohia, 1998-2003" and "The Days Made of Fear: Kosovo, April-September, 2003", surveying the progressive deterioration of human rights conditions in Kosovo & Metohia since the misrule of Slobodan Milosevic to the mismanagement by the UN and NATO. For more details please visit http://www.sane-boston.org or write to info@sane-boston.org The event is open to the public and free of charge! Past Movie Events TITLE: Zona Zamfirova (2002)  DATE: Thursday, February 5th 2004. TIME: 7:30pm PLACE: 1-190 LANGUAGE: Serbian with English subtitles. DURATION: About 90 minutes. DIRECTED BY: Zdravko Sotra CAST: Katarina Radivojevic, Vojin Cetkovic, Dragan Nikolic, Milena Dravic, Nikola Djuricko. SYNOPSIS: Zona, the beautiful daughter of the wealthy Hadzi Zamfir, is ready for marriage but no suitor seems to be worthy enough in the eyes of her family; her beauty and riches become her doom. A love story about two young people in southern Serbia (the city of Nish) during the late 19th century told in vivid pictures according to the drama of Stevan Sremac leaves none unmoved - a culmination of Balkan film making. SPECIAL NOTE: The movie is full of authentic music and costumes from the 19th century Serbia. Attendance was: About 100 people. On the occasion of the bicentennial of the First Serbian Uprising (1804-2004) the MIT Organization of Serbian Students presents: TITLE: Boj na Kosovu (The Battle of Kosovo - 1389) DATE: Sunday, February 15th 2004. TIME: 7:00pm PLACE: 4-237. LANGUAGE: Serbian. No English subtitles. Trajanje: 106 minuta Rezija: Zdravko Sotra Scenario: Ljubomir Simovic Opis: Srpski knez Lazar 1389. godine odbija da se pokori turskom sultanu Muratu koji sa velikom vojskom nadire prema Srbiji da bi preko nje nastavio osvajanje Evrope. Iako svestan da je slabiji, bez dovoljno i dobro opremljene vojske, knez Lazar odlucuje da mu se suprotstavi. Srpski velikasi su nejedinstveni. Vecina je za borbu makar i po cenu poraza ali se neki kolebaju. Sve sto je za oruzje sposobno upucuje se ka polju Kosovu. Bitka na Kosovu, 1389. godine zavrsena je bez pobednika - obe su vojske iskrvarile i posustale. Ginu i Lazar i Murat. Ali ipak, boj na Kosovu je dobijen - ne za srpsku drzavu koja je uskoro pala u turske ruke - vez za Evropu, koju je telima svojih junaka spasila od prvog i najjaceg naleta turske najezde. Izvor: Balkanmedia magazin TITLE: "Munje." DATE: Thursday, June 19th 2003. TIME: 7:15pm PLACE: 4-231. LANGUAGE: Serbian. No English subtitles. Trajanje: 93 minuta Reditelj: Radivoj Andric Scenario: Srdjan Andjelic TITLE: Variola Vera (1982) DATE: Wednesday, April 30th, 2003 TIME: 7:30 PM PLACE: MIT Room 10-250 RUNTIME: 110 min. LANGUAGE: Serbian with English subtitles GENRE: Drama DIRECTOR: Goran Markovic MOST is presenting you with a unique opportunity to see a movie about the last smallpox outbreak in Europe. The movie, based on the true event, was specifically subtitled for MOST. A brief introduction about smallpox will be given by Aleksandar Babic, MD, PhD at 7:30pm. The movie will follow the presentation. DESCRIPTION (from Cleveland Film Festival website): As the possibility of a smallpox outbreak looms ominously on the American horizon, VARIOLA VERA, a chilling film about a mysterious virus that spreads through Belgrade, serves as a prophetic warning. After visiting a distant land, a pilgrim returns to Yugoslavia with a sweet-sounding flute, and with it a fatal, highly infectious disease smallpox. Nearly comatose, the unfortunate traveler is admitted to Belgrade General Hospital.Word of the plague spreads wildly and the hospital is entirely quarantined. VARIOLA VERA epidemic starts to rage, tempting individuals as well as society. A fascinating film inspired by Albert Camus' The Plague, VARIOLA VERA raises the questions of borders, containment, infection and the way a government makes crucial, life-changing decisions without involving its citizens, a consistent theme running through most of Goran Markovic's work. TITLE: Tesla - The Master of Lightning,(2000) DATE: Saturday, October 19th, 2002 TIME: 7:30 PM PLACE: MIT Room 6-120 RUNTIME: 90 min. LANGUAGE: English GENRE: Documentary DIRECTOR: Robert Uth DESCRIPTION: Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was one of the most fascinating scientists of the 20th century. He invented, developed or imagined the technology that brought us electricity, remote control, neon and fluorescent lighting, radio transmission and much more [...] all the basic inventions that now connect the world with power and information. He was a brilliant and charismatic immigrant whose talent took him to the height of celebrity. He locked horns with Thomas Edison, J. Pierpont Morgan, Guglielmo Marconi, and George Westinghouse. Mark Twain praised his genius. They are all characters in this program, the very first to tell the full story of Tesla. Like many geniuses, Tesla was not a conventional man. He gave his life to realize his visions, while others made millions with his inventions. Tragically, he died penniless and nearly forgotten. TESLA, Master of Lightning gives long overdue recognition to a great and misunderstood man of science. Many new and unknown details of Tesla's life have been uncovered for this dramatic and entertaining program. Much of the story is told in Tesla's own words, drawn from his autobiographical and scientific writings. The life of Nikola Tesla is an inspiring example of the power of one man to change the world with technology and revolutionary ideas. New Voyage Publishing Tesla - The Master of Lightning: PBS official website TITLE:Time of the Gypsies,(1989) (srpski - Dom za vesanje) DATE: Thursday, May 9th, 2002 TIME: 7 PM PLACE: MIT Room 4-231 RUNTIME: 136 min. LANGUAGE: Roma and Serbian with subtitles in English GENRE: Comedy/Drama DIRECTOR: Emir Kusturica DESCRIPTION: In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Gypsy with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime which threatens to destroy him and those he loves. The rare glimpse into the Romany Gypsy culture is enough to make this film interesting, but the story is so compelling, the cinematography so excellent and the characters so fascinating, that it takes on the proportions of a major work of film. Emir Kusturica won the award for Best Director from the Cannes Film Festival for Time of the Gypsies (1989). We cannot recall any film delivering so much of that which we all watch foreign films for. Remember, we recommend that it be watched twice, in order to absorb the ambience. Quoted from www.1worldfilms.com About Kusturica TITLE:Hey, Babu Riba (srpski - "Bal na vodi") DATE: Saturday, March 30th, 2002 TIME: 7 PM (refreshments served at 6:45 pm) PLACE: MIT Room 4-231 RUNTIME: 112 min. LANGUAGE: Serbian with subtitles in English GENRE: Drama DIRECTOR: Jovan Acin DESCRIPTION: Music and a changing culture provide new expressions for teen angst in this insightful story of the aspirations of several teens living in Belgrade in the 1950s. Four young men and their friend Esther (Gala Videnovic) form a band, hang out, and try to adjust to their changing lifestyle. Given their class backgrounds, they do not support a Communist or Socialist point of view. When Rile (Milan Strljic), a slightly older teen and loyal Party member, romances Esther, he gets her pregnant and leaves town in a hurry. Esther's four friends take desperate measures to help her out, and unknowingly lock in their future into place with their decisions. (Eleanor Mannikka - All Movie Guide) "A magic that is special to movies alone. The greatest pleasure in the world is to walk into a movie you never heard of, by a director you never heard of, and then be overwhelmed by beauty and memory and longing, " wrote The New York Post. The film focuses on four Belgrade teenagers in the 1950's, all in love with the same girl. Hey Babu Riba was the sleeper hit of the London, Miami, Seattle and San Francisco Film Festivals... (www.1-worldfilms.com) TITLE: "Siberian Lady Macbeth" (Sibirska Ledi Magbet), by Andrzej Wajda, 1961 DATE: Friday, December 7,2001 TIME: 7:30 PM PLACE: MIT Room 4-237 RUNTIME: 93 min LANGUAGE: Serbian with subtitles in English GENRE: Romance DESCRIPTION: Andrzej Wajda shot this extraordinary film, also known as Fury is a Woman, in Yugoslavia, during a period of self-imposed political exile. Siberian Lady Macbeth ranks with Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood as one of the most successful screen translations of Shakespeare ever made. An unsung classic of Eastern European cinema, with a powerful musical score by Shostakovich. With Olivera Markovic and Ljuba Tadic. http://www.worldlanguage.com/French/Products/19930.htm In what might be termed "Russo-Shakespearean noir", a ruthless woman's adulterous affair with a drifter sets in motion a chain reaction of murder and deception in a remote village in 19th-Century Mtsensk. http://www.kino.com/video/vhs_titles/sib_macbeth.html About Andrzej Wajda: http://www.wajda.pl/en/filmy/fil\ m07.html TITLE: "Black Cat, White Cat" (Crna Macka Beli Macor), by Emir Kusturica, 1998 DATE: Friday, October 26, 2001 TIME: 7:30 PM PLACE: MIT Room 4-237 RUNTIME: 135 min LANGUAGE: Roma/Serbian with subtitles in English PLOT SUMMARY: Emir Kusturica made this farce, set in a Gypsy settlement along the banks of the Danube, where three generations of characters burst forth in manic and frenetic displays of charm, confusion, and chaos. Garbage dump godfather Grga Pitic and cement czar Zarije Destanov both in their 80s, remain friends even though they haven't seen each other in 25 years. Zarije's son Matko Destanov goes to Grga for a loan. Matko is double-crossed by his partner, gypsy gangster Dadan Karambolo, who demands that Matko's son, Zare Destanov, marry Dadan's small sister, Afrodita. Unfortunately, Afrodita and Zare have absolutely no interest in each other. Cute barmaid Ida and Zare fall in love and only have eyes for each other as plans get underway for the wedding of Zare and Afrodite. The sudden death of Zarije seems to offer a solution, since no gypsy would have a wedding and a funeral on the same day. However, Dadan delays the death announcement by hiding Zarije, packed in ice, in the attic. The wedding celebration gets underway amid numerous madcap mishaps and misadventures. With a soundtrack of gypsy music and songs, the funny film features numerous non-professionals in the cast. Shown in competition at the 1998 Venice Film Festival and at the 1998 New York Film Festival. ~ Bob Stewart, All Movie Guide Emir Kusturica won the Silver Lion for this movie at 1998 Venice Film Festival. TITLE: "The Marathon Family" (Maratonci Trce Pocasni Krug), by Slobodan Sijan, 1982 DATE: Wednesday, June 20 TIME: 8PM PLACE: 4-237RUNNING TIME: 92min LANGUAGE: Serbian with subtitles in English "...Hilarious, pitch-black Yugoslavian satire, Sijan's ability
to find something funny in the absurdity of evil never falthers..."
Kevin Thomas, LA, Times TITLE: "Do You Remember, Dolly Bell?", by Emir Kusturica, 1981 DATE: Tuesday, April 10th, 2001. TIME: 8:15pm, refreshments served at 8:00 PM LOCATION: Room 4-231 LANGUAGE: Serbian/English COST: Free! DESCRIPTION: Filmed in Yugoslavia, Do You Remember Dolly Bell? is set in the Sarajevo of the mid-1960s. When the government begins relaxing its hold on individual rights, many citizens don't quite know how to handle their sudden freedom. The film concentrates on the effect an onslaught of Western culture (movies, music, clothing, creature comforts) has on apreviously "sheltered" group of young Slavs. The main characters also adapt to the Sexual Revolution in a series of romantic (and lightly censorable) setpieces. Originally released in 1981, Do You Remember Dolly Bell won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival, the first of several such honors for its director, Emir Kusturica. -- Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide TITLE: "Love Affair Or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator", by Dusan Makavejev, 1967 DATE: Tuesday, March 20th, 2001. TIME: 8:15pm, refreshments served at 8:00 PM LOCATION: Room 4-231 LANGUAGE: Serbian/English COST: Free! DESCRIPTION: A key work of Eastern European cinema, Love Affair is a radical investigation of the relationship between sex and politics. The story of a young switchboard operator who falls in love with a sanitary worker until she allows herself to be seduced by a younger, more glamorous man. Told through a daring blend of flashbacks and flashforwards and a mix of documentary and fiction. Serbian with English subtitles. TITLE: "When father was away on business", by Emir Kusturica, 1985 DATE:Tues. Feb. 06. 2001 TIME: 8:15 PM, refreshments served at 8:00 PM LOCATION: Rm. 4-231 LANGUAGE:Serbian with subtitles in English DESCRIPTION: The Yugoslavian When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na Sluzbenom Putu) takes place in the early 1950s. The title is euphemism: because of the strained relationship between Yugoslavia and the USSR, various private citizens have disappeared in the middle of the night, accompanied by the police. One such "vanishing" individual is Miki Manojlovic, the father of 6-year old Moreno D'E Bartolli, from whose viewpoint this story is told When Manojlovic, an employee in the labor ministry is whisked away to prison, his family reacts with pride, assuring one and all that he is "away on business" because of his fervent political beliefs. The sad truth: Manojlovic has ended up behind bars because of his sexual peccadilloes. The film details the tribulations of a fatherless family struggling to cope with the financial deprivations of Communism. Director Emir Kusturica won the Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm award for his work on When Father Was Away on Business. -- Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide TITLE: "Pretty Village Pretty Flame", by Srdjan Dragojevic, 1996 DATE: Tues. Jan 16. 2001 TIME: 8:15 PM, refreshements served at 8:00 PM LOCATION: Rm. 4-231 LANGUAGE:Serbian with subtitles in English DESCRIPTION: Though cloaked in explosive black humor, the serious anti-war message of this bitterly satirical and politically charged Yugoslav filmcuts like shrapnel. Set in Bosnia during 1980 and 1992 (like a pendulum, the time frame swings back and forth), and allegedly based upon a true story, the plot focuses upon the longtime friendship of Muslim Halil, and Serbian Milan. While growing up during the '80s, the two often hung out near an abandoned tunnel Though curious, the boys were too frightened by the mythical boy-eating ogres said to venture within. The story moves to 1992 and begins as the war between the Serbs and the Muslim ignites in horrible violence and the friends find themselves forced into becoming enemies. Meanwhile, a beautiful American journalist is captured by the Serbs. The film opens with a shot of European and American dignitaries smiling broadly as they inaugurate the new Brotherhood and Unity tunnel that links Zagreb and Belgrade. Later in the film, it will become the scene of horror when Serbian soldiers are trapped by Muslims within. With nothing to do but wait for death, the trapped soldiers amuse themselves by staging allegorical circus acts. -- Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide TITLE: "Ko to tamo peva", by Slobodan Sijan, 1980 DATE: Tues. Dec 19. 2000 TIME: 8:15 PM, refreshements served at 8:00 PM LOCATION:
Rm 1-390LANGUAGE: Serbian with subtitles in English DESCRIPTION: Also known as Who's That Singing Over There?, this bittersweet 1980 comedy was released in its native Yugoslavia as Ko To Tamo Peva. The time is 1941: a crowded bus travels over unpaved Yugoslavian terrain. In the manner of Stagecoach, the audience comes to know and grow fond of the various passengers: the lovers, the politician, the eccentrics, etc (each character is played by a well-known Yugoslav movie personality). The film's genial mood is unexpectedly shattered when a Nazi bomb scores a direct hit on the bus. The only surviving passengers are a pair of travelling gypsy musicians--hence the film's title. -- Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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