8/19/2023 0 Comments Epic poem format![]() In addition to the premiere in Karlovy Vary, which was the first time the film met the audience, it was an equally important thing for the film to meet with the local audience, which is always quite particular, especially when it comes to this film and can read and understand it in a different way than foreign audiences cannot. I am very pleased with their reaction and, truth be told, I was very nervous too. If you have time for all the impressions from so many guest appearances and travels to settle, could you tell us how did you like the reaction of the local audience to your new film? How did the viewers react to FEST? The film crew – a gift/ Photo: Dušan Milenković So, an author-focused film, which is not part of the mainstream industry and does not have the scheme to follow to achieve success, is already examining this world from a very personal point of view. All these American independent directors later made their last films in Europe with the money they earned in America. However, the independent American film, with Jarmusch and Hal Hartley at its helm, is something that suits me best along with European films. I’m not saying that I don’t like Hollywood, especially then, but today everything has turned into film adaptations that I like less. Somehow I have always been interested in an element of surprise in the film but I also felt that European film was my base. ![]() In that sense, Jarmusch was one of those sacrosanct directors who approach the characters and the narrative from their angle and give themselves the right not to do the expected things. I have always gravitated towards Europe and independent American film. I was lucky enough to get involved in global cinema through FEST at the very moment when some of these film authors were creating their first great works.ĭid that taste change at a later date? When you went to college, did he lean more towards American or European film? They brought something new to film expression. No, when you look at them, these are iconic examples of filmmaking by directors whose films accompanied my growing up and shaped my thinking since my teenage days. Films like Barton Fink, directors like the Cohen brothers, Pedro Almodovar’s High Heels, Ridley Scott’s Thelma and Louise, Jarmusch’s Night on Earth, Lars von Trier’s Europe, Delicatessen with that twisted iconography of Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Gus Van Sant’s My Private Idaho were the films that were showcased at the 1991 FEST. Only a few years later, he became my professor at the faculty and to this day an important friend and role model when it comes to film. In 1992, it was Srdjan Karanović and his film ‘Virdžina’ that opened the festival that year. I remembered all the films I watched then and the ones that left a strong impression on me and film directors that today are considered iconic. When our film Strahinja Banović opened FEST this year, I remembered that exactly 30 years ago (1992) I came to this festival for the very first time. ![]() Which films or directors shaped your film taste and subsequently influenced your work? Stefan Arsenijević, Serbian film director/ Photo by: Maja Medić Serbian film director, Stefan Arsenijević, talked about his new movie ,Strahinja Banović’’, about working with refugees, a famous Serbian epic poem and about future projects that might include TV format. As we have been already dealing with this topic and had a great responsibility, we wanted to get to know the refugees better We talked to a large number of migrants and refugees in refugee camps and we volunteered a little.
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