Beautiful people (2000)
a film by Jasmin Dizdar
It was big jump from the narration I have seen in the previous movies I have watched in ElEkino, it was different to watch this movie and I had great expectations. Although I liked this film and its vibrant narration and its imaginative interaction of stories, I'm missing something and I'm not comfortable with this movie.
I found nice elements in the movie, the light narration and the pintoresque characters mixing in an entertaining story serve as a cartoon to depict the drama and the absurdity of war, as well as the indifference of the rest of the world towards the conflict and its protagonists. However these same characters that serve to tone down this drama into a soft comedy with some moving moments, become sometimes unbelievable and incompatible with developing a more concise story, just as if telling all these stories at the same time diluted any conducting thread.
This film is not my cup of tea, but I can understand that fans of British comedy would love it. For me it was hard to find fresh a story that has been told so many times in the screen using the same elements. Perhaps I spoiled the naivety to approach the movie with an unbiased view but after Kusturica's films I felt this one as already-seen-before. On the other side, I give an important point to this story: it is narration is full of whimsical absurdity, comicality and cheerfulness found in the shocking stories of war, which can easily fall in the pit of bare drama and that instead are told giving a slap in the face of the spectator while stealing a smile.
a film by Jasmin Dizdar
It was big jump from the narration I have seen in the previous movies I have watched in ElEkino, it was different to watch this movie and I had great expectations. Although I liked this film and its vibrant narration and its imaginative interaction of stories, I'm missing something and I'm not comfortable with this movie.
I found nice elements in the movie, the light narration and the pintoresque characters mixing in an entertaining story serve as a cartoon to depict the drama and the absurdity of war, as well as the indifference of the rest of the world towards the conflict and its protagonists. However these same characters that serve to tone down this drama into a soft comedy with some moving moments, become sometimes unbelievable and incompatible with developing a more concise story, just as if telling all these stories at the same time diluted any conducting thread.
This film is not my cup of tea, but I can understand that fans of British comedy would love it. For me it was hard to find fresh a story that has been told so many times in the screen using the same elements. Perhaps I spoiled the naivety to approach the movie with an unbiased view but after Kusturica's films I felt this one as already-seen-before. On the other side, I give an important point to this story: it is narration is full of whimsical absurdity, comicality and cheerfulness found in the shocking stories of war, which can easily fall in the pit of bare drama and that instead are told giving a slap in the face of the spectator while stealing a smile.
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