Underground

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Summary: The greatest cinematic genius....Emir Kusturica
Review: Emir Kusturica has proved to the world that he is among the greatest cimematic prodigies to ever emerge. He is above all a cynical poet, something like Lord Byron. Underground is no exeption, it is perhaps his masterpiece (this is rubbish, for all of his films are masterpieces, REALLY)...the imagery, the poetry, the beauty, the score, the acting, the surrealism, the realism and THE DIRECTING...yes it is all there... And Kusturica is the creator...go on and hail him...he certainly deserves it!

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Summary: Perfect
Review: This was the best movie I've seen in years. It's a crime that it wasn't nominated for an Oscar. Everything about this movie from the music to the acting to the writing was fantastic. BTW, the gypsy songs are from a region called Cocek (Tcho-tchek) and Bregovic recorded the songs in their original village of Prekodolce, Serbia.

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Summary: Amazing.
Review: There are no words that can explain how I felt after seeing this film. Everything about it is perfect, every minute if the film is perfect. Nothing possibly could make it better. It was as if I had just seen a sunset for the first time. I was amazed by the beauty, the emotion, the wonder, the love that this movie portrayed. Even now I can't think of the right words to express how I feel about the movie. I feel every word I type is not at all expressing what I want to say. I would also like to praise Goran Bregovic for his work on the soundtrack. I have been a fan of his for some years and I'm sad to see that he is so underated. All I can say is I loved the movie, I loved it all.

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Summary: Magical,Wild,rip roaring, impassioned and poignant
Review: Kusturica is one of the worlds most acclaimed directors. His first film "Do you remember Dolly Bell" won the director the Best Director prize at the Venice film festival. His next film "When Father Was Away on Business" won the top prize at the Cannes film festival. He followed up that film with "Time of the Gypsies" and won Best Director at Venice again. Underground won the top film prize at Cannes making him only 1 of 2 directors to win the top prize twice. Underground is a one of the great films of the decade. Kusturica has managed to encapsulate 50 years of Yugoslavia's history into 3 hours and make it both hightly entertaining and historical. If you think you enjoy challenging cinema your in for a great ride! P.S. Amazon- you have the title listed in 2 words. It should be Underground.

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Summary: The Raucous-assed Ruling Gypsy band
Review: Just wanted to mention that the songs the gypsy band played were not written by the composer of the score. The band is called Fanfare Ciocarlia and most if not all the songs appear on their cd "Radio Pascani". Amazon has it, now you get it!

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Summary: Tito loves children...I love this film!
Review: If you only see one foreign film in your life, make sure it is this one. Kusturica's humorous view of war in Serbia is truly a masterpiece. Watch it for the monkey, watch it for the gypsy band playing hanging upside down, watch it for the aptly placed flower arrangement, watch it for the gypsy band playing in a tree, watch for the gypsy band playing while running after at truck...(many Kudos to Goran Bregovic for the excellent score!)

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Summary: Brilliant.
Review: A truly rare film. Kusturica shows his brilliance in a timeless story about the timelessness of war. Extremely funny, yet so painful to watch, because of the sentiments it evokes. Easily the best film of the 1990s. And one of the few to have pictured the vanity of human affairs so well. Well done.

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Summary: Brilliant Film - perhaps one of the best.
Review: You will be hard pressed to see a film that portrays such a wide range of feeling. Not only this, but it caputures the directors vision of what his country was...and perhaps, may never be again. Its one of the most important films of the decade.

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Summary: Not to go with the rest of your movie collection!
Review: If you have a DVD shelf do not group this movie with the rest of your collection. It deserves a throne, a piedestal to sit on all by itself, above everything else that has ever flickered over the silver screen. This movie is not seen, it is lived, expirienced, read like a book. The metaphors and similies in this movie equal any in any poem or a novel. Raw, inspired, dark, and bitter, it will twist your guts into a knot, which is precisly what the 50-odd years of history of the region it symbolizes does (Ex-Yugoslavia '41-'95) It is amazing how this movie manages to offer images and idealogy to represent the social changes in the society as well as mental changes in the people of the region.
On the next level, cinematography, acting, directing are all unrivaled, if at times overemphasized and overdone (but that's Kusturica for you)

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Summary: A brilliant film!
Review: I have watched this film many times (I even bought a Laserdisc version with unremovable Chinese & English subtitles) & am always amazed at the plethora of new images & ideas I find at each viewing. Its energy & imagination put me to mind of Chldren of Paradise & Rules of the Game - 2 other worldly & complex "tragicomedies" (oh, those dreadful college-course induced labels).

This movie sets a very high bar. It ain't about the ideology but about the art. It's what & where art should be - must be - today. Sadly filmmakers seem to be turning in the opposite direction.

Guess I'll buy this DVD & watch it again. Sure beats CNN & movies about spells & wizards.