Cinema Komunisto

Wednesday 9.11.2011 / 22:15 h / Filmladen

Cinema Komunisto

Director: Mila Turajlic
Production: Goran Jesic, Dragan Pesikan, Dejan Petrovic, Mila Turajlic
Photography: Goran Kovacevic
www.cinemakomunisto.com
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Serbia, / 01:41:00 / serbisch / englische UT

Can cinema forge a country? CINEMA KOMUNISTO takes us on a journey through the crumbling remains of Tito’s film industry exploring the rise and fall of the cinematic illusion called Yugoslavia. Using rare footage from dozens of forgotten Yugoslav films, as well as never-seen-before archive from film sets and Tito’s private screenings, the documentary recreates the narrative of a country, the stories told on screen and the ones hidden behind it. Stars such as Richard Burton, Sofia Loren and Orson Welles add a touch of glamour to the national effort, appearing in super-productions financed by the state. Tito’s personal projectionist who showed him films every night for 30 years, his favourite film director, the most famous actor of partisan films, and the boss of the central film studios with secret police links – all tell how the history of Yugoslavia was constructed on the screen.
"I wanted to make a film about how films were used to write and re-write a story, to provide visuals for a narrative that became the unifying call of Yugoslavia. About the use of our filmmakers' tools - smoke and mirrors - to create the Official National Dream." Well done, Mila Turajlic. Chapeau!