Underground (1995)
Underground (1995)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War | Director: Emir Kusturica
BDRip 720p | MKV | 1280 x 720 | x264 @ 2560 Kbps | 2h 49mn | 3,57 Gb
Audio: Serbian AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subtitles: English (embedded)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War | Director: Emir Kusturica
Black marketeers Marko (Miki Manojlovic) and Blacky (Lazar Ristovski) manufacture and sell weapons to the Communist resistance in WWII Belgrade, living the good life along the way. Marko's surreal duplicity propels him up the ranks of the Communist Party, and he eventually abandons Blacky and steals his girlfriend. After a lengthy stay in a below-ground shelter, the couple reemerges during the Yugoslavian Civil War of the 1990s as Marko realizes that the situation is ripe for exploitation.
IMDB - 8 wins
Those who have seen "Underground" have probably noticed that we are not watching one film but a collection of at least 10 films in one single masterpiece!!
I watched with great enthusiasm the work of Kusturica after "Underground" in films like "Arizona Dream" or "Black Cat White Cat" films which prove to be more elaborate and "smoother" in terms of direction (brilliant works as well!!) but none of these films could ever equal the "nerve" and strength of a very young Kusturica at his best! One could see the passion and boldness that is at stake in this motion picture. It's as if he gambled his own life doing "Underground"
How else can you describe this work of art if not a mixture of devilish and holy images that take the shape of a flawless piece of theater-dance!!
The actors speak, dance and create (more than interpret) with a vigor rarely found outside the Balkan Circle!
In terms of theatrical aesthetics the film incorporates Stanislavski( realism at its best), Brecht (at certain points the actors step out of their roles and mock at themselves) and Artaud (they are flames more than humans)
Needless to say more!
Shocking, raw, heart-breaking!!
One of the most beautiful I have ever seen! 10/10–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
When I first saw this movie on the indie channel, I taped it. I immediately watched it again, totally stunned by the extent of energy, imagination, ideas, images with which I was being blasted. Talk about a universal masterpiece! This movie should be required viewing on every screen, large & small in the US. We Americans lead such narrow sheltered lives; we are so eager to see things in black & white, to have our opinions dictated by columnists & newscasters. This movie should take off a few blinders. On the other hand, people will still opt for easy cartoon ideologies over the indisputable truth about the ferocious & predatory predilictions of all "sides" of humanity. Thank god for visionary humorists like Kusturica.
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Underground (1995)
