• A Serbian Film (2010)
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[IMG]http://www.zuti-titl.com/images/stories/Arminio/srpskifilm/srpski_film_plakat.jpg[/IMG] [B]Original Title:[/B] Srpski film [B]Country of origin:[/B] Serbia [B]Year:[/B] 2010 [B]Release Date:[/B] No release date yet available [B]IMDb:[/B] [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273235/]Link[/url] [B]Director:[/B] Srdjan Spasojevic [B]Script:[/B] Aleksandar Radivojevic and Srdjan Spasojevic [B]Actors:[/B] Srdjan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic [B]Plot:[/B] A former porn star accepts a role of a lifetime, not realizing that the director has murderous intentions. [quote][I]Milos is a former porn star who is down on his luck financially. When he receives a call from his long-time movie actress partner, Layla, he welcomes her call. Apparently she's heard that a new film director wants to hire Milos to star in his "artistically-designed" porn film for a very generous price. He is easily lured form his semi-retirement by the lucrative offer, agreeing to meet the director in an isolated mansion. As the filming progresses, Milo begins to suspect that the director's intentions may be darker than mere pornography. As the film begins to devolve into a horrifically violent production, Milos finds escape may not be an option.[/I][/quote] [B]Review[/B] (by [url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/review/4501]Bloody-Disgusting[/url]) [I]DISCLAIMER: I have chosen to give this film 1 Skull. This represents the most difficult decision I have ever made regarding the rating of a film. The reason for this decision is hopefully laid out before you in this review. It is not a reflection on the physical quality of the work contained here or the execution and success of the film based on the Director's intentions. Serbian Film is a polarizing production, one that is in many ways a work of either pure genius or absolute insanity. However as I find the film to personally have no redeeming social or political or artistic value, it is my option that a 5 skull rating just for sheer audacity is both misleading and unfair to you as a viewing audience. Take that as either a recommendation or a damnation, as you will.[/I] [I]Salo[/I], [I]Gummo[/I], [I]Inside[/I], all of these films have one thing in common. I was unprepared for what I saw when I sat down to watch them. I mean, sure, I had an inkling that they were supposed to be "shocking" but no real comprehension of the horrors that would fill my screen with each passing frame. Each film had some buzz for me, I knew of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini from reading a Kathy Acker book in high school that featured the Director as a character. I knew [I]Gummo[/I] was from the writer of [I]Kids[/I] and I knew [I]Inside[/I] was the second film I was to about watch in the “French New Wave of Horror Cinema”. But the buzz on each film was a low hum and certainly not apocalyptic in scope. No one told me that these films would ruin me or make me physically ill but all three did that at varying intervals in my life. [I]Salo[/I] in the early 90’s, [I]Gummo[/I] a few years later and [I]Inside[/I] just a few short years ago. Still, in the annals of my cinematic experience, none of these films can hold a candle to what I witnessed at the Alamo Drafthouse during the SXSW Film Festival. [I]Serbian Film[/I] arrived with every conceivable warning--unlike that trilogy above. I was told time and again by a trusted source (with a stomach of iron) that this film contained scenes that would…nothing short of rape my soul. Hyperbole that I couldn’t even argue as I sat in stunned silence with 250 other people as the credits closed. It wasn't that I was unprepared for what I had just seen. I was fully prepared. I was over prepared. I was ready to have my soul raped. I had no faith in humanity to question. I’ve seen everything. I’ve seen internet porno that would make you run to a monastery. I’ve laughed at the [I]August Underground[/I] and [I]Guinea Pig[/I] films. I’ve sat behind the lens on film sets and watched every manner of chunk blowing effects shot executed 50 feet from my face. I've seen people die in documentaries jumping off the Golden State Bridge, I've seen PeTA videos, I sat with you all on September 11th and cried as the towers came tumbling down. Nothing was going to faze me. I was wrong. I can’t bring myself to utter the two-word phrase joyously shouted with mad delight by the crazed film producer at the center of this story. [highlight]I can't unsee what I saw.[/highlight] I can't close my eyes and not go on the journey of Milos (Srdjan Todorovic)--a former porn star with a beautiful wife and young son who is lured back into the world of adult films by a former co-star and a visionary director who promises a great deal of money to make the ultimate art house porno film. Not knowing what the film is about, Milos agrees--against his seeming better judgment--to pursue the project for the hope that the funds will free him and his family from their drab existence in Serbia. But what kind of movie is Vukmir making, why and for whom? These are the questions Milos asks and these are the answers that you don’t want to know. [I]Serbian Film[/I] is not a “War Movie” however it is a battle and it’s stained with the blood of tens of thousands. The film from director Srdjan Spasojevic is ostensibly a reactionary piece. Built out of a film industry that is just suffering the pangs of birth and freedom only a decade or so after the war ravaged country reemerged from the former Yugoslavia and only 4 years after gaining its independence from Montenegro. Born of nearly 20 years of conflict, genocide and a systematic military campaign of rape as a tactical weapon. [I]Serbian Film[/I] follows French cinema pioneers Gaspar Noe ([I]Irreversible[/I]) and Virginie Despentes ([I]Baise-moi[/I]) in destroying the status quo regarding on screen violence and sexuality. It is as much a revelation as to the power of image as it is a repulsion to all be the most depraved viewer. Is it designed to make you sick. Is it designed to make you wish you were never born with the blessing of sight and the beauty of a moral compass. Is it a powerful film conceived in a place that saw the absolute worst of what humanity is capable. If you can’t imagine what is like to sit though this movie, how can you ever imagine or empathize, understand or respect what the Serbian, Albanian, Croatian and other former residents of Yugoslavia endured for almost 15-years. But does that make it a good movie? In many ways [I]Serbian Film[/I] is like going to war. Its purpose is to shock you and it does so with impunity. I can’t imagine the horrors that the people of Serbia endured not so long ago. I can’t relate to the character of Milos. I can’t in even my most evil and vile dreams conceive of what he experiences over the course of the movie. I don’t identify with that, and for that I am eternally grateful. However, if going on this journey is enough to make anyone understand the metaphor than perhaps the film is a success and in that success the world would never go to war again. To describe the horrors in this film to a niche movie-going public that will either embrace the film's extremity (or run screaming to the nearest cliff and hurl their bodies off it in protest) is futile. [highlight]If what I have written here is enough to turn your feelings of wonder into a burning desire to watch this monstrosity, then perhaps I haven't been clear enough. You don't want to see [I]Serbian Film[/I].[/highlight] You just think you do. You've been far too desensitized. You've laughed at people that fainted in theaters, snickered at legends of grown men and women who walked out of movie premieres and puked on lobby floors. [highlight]You think you've seen it all and after this, you'll wish you had.[/highlight] In the end, maybe [I]Serbian Film[/I] is just another exploitation film. Just the twisted ravings of a lunatic mind, just another P.T. Barnum, button-pushing product that can famously tote that cinema labs in Hungary and Germany refused to even print the film due to content issues. Perhaps it is an allegory for what the Bosnian War mean to generations of people. Perhaps it's a cold hard look into a desensitized world where video games morals have turned 10-year-olds into rapists and murders? Perhaps, in some ways it’s all those things. But, the one thing it is not, is entertainment. [B]Score: 2 / 10[/B] [B]Another review[/B] (by [url=http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2010/03/15/SXSW-2010-Review-of-A-SERBIAN-FILM-SRPSKI-FILM]Quietearth.us[/url]) A SERBIAN FILM is the most shocking film you're likely to see this year – or any year soon. And the most shocking thing about it is how well made, well acted and poignant it is. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to realize that A SERBIAN FILM is not exactly the kind of fare you want to see with your mom. What with the story of an ex-porn star accepting one last job so he can sustain his impoverished family in today's Serbia, and the uber-sick underworld he stumbles upon in which pornography, war criminals and State Security are linked in ways unimaginable, yet so logical. Our star chances upon the kind of movies that can only be made where human life is very cheap! Oh, yes; there are hints of snuff here. But "snuff" does not even begin to describe the levels and amounts of depravity involved. The shocking, sickening stuff that men, women and children are forced to endure here. A whole new depraved subgenre of porn is introduced in what will certainly be the most talked-about scene of the film. But I won't spoil the goodies that await those with the strongest stomachs and nerves. I will just try to hint at the ideas and impressions that A SERBIAN FILM invokes. If you thought: "Oh, well; so now Serbia has discovered 'torture porn'? Who cares?" – think again. If you expect just a tired retread of cheap sadistic gimmicks already done to death in the SAW sequels and their poor direct-to-DVD cousins – you're in for a surprise. First of all, A SERBIAN FILM puts to shame almost all recent attempts at nightmare inducing shocks, with only MARTYRS (and a somewhat bygone, but still unforgettable IRREVERSIBLE) as relatively solid reference points – not in terms of plot, but in terms of nerve-shattering effect on the viewer. This film will f*** your senses, it will rape your soul. Be prepared to see penis go where no penis has gone before. Be prepared to see new uses of Viagra for bulls. Be prepared to witness unprecedented levels of child abuse. And then some. Second of all, this is a beautifully shot and edited film, with an excellent sense of timing and narrative economy and a superb industrial droning score by Sky Wikluh. Also, there are at least two incredibly memorable performances. One is by Srdjan Todorovic as Milos, the said ex-porn actor selling his sex tool for the last time. He simmers with quiet desperation through the first half of the film only to explode in a raging feat towards the end which will sear you like a wildfire until the very celluloid seems to be burning. The other is Sergey Trifunovic, as the shady Vukmir, insane producer and director, the puppet master of an "art" porn theater in which performers include a war-hero's widow and kids from a Home for abandoned and orphaned children. Although technically a villain, Vukmir is the one with all the best lines and the most thought-provoking monologues whose content may be as shocking to some as the imagery he shoots. Third of all, none of this would matter if the film had shocks for shocks' sake, or if it were just another exercise in cinematic sadism. The horrors of A SERBIAN FILM actually have a point. There's an attitude and meaning behind it all. The film is firmly rooted in a feeling of frustration and despair of living in Serbia today. But, fear not: you need not know much about the recent history or the daily life or politics of this European country to be able to understand the frame of mind and the state of affairs behind the permeating sentiments of resignation, tiredness, despair, humiliation, cynicism, pessimism and the wish to leave all that behind. A SERBIAN FILM does not offer any false hope. Quite the opposite, it reinvents horror genre to suit its own purpose, finding in it the perfect vehicle to depict the feelings that life in Serbia evokes in its youth. Mind you: this is not a documentary film, and the Serbia you'll see here is not the one you'll encounter if you ever come to this country. Instead of copy-pasting reality, A SERBIAN FILM transcends it and offers a stylized version of what it feels like to live in country humiliated, denigrated, impoverished, bombed-out, stripped of its territory, labeled genocidal and haunted by the spirits of war crimes both real and constructed. It is a country in which shady figures with strong political (and criminal) background still govern your life, where hope is hazy and dignity forgotten, where you are both metaphorically and literally f***ed. In such a context, pornography and snuff are vivid metaphors for the raging Thanatos overpowering Eros, in a similar manner to another recent Serbian film, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A PORN GANG (2009). Death drive governs the sex drive so much that even the pleasure-giving penis becomes a death-dealing weapon. And this metaphor is quite literal in this film, but without the mediating distance of splatstick humor of the Japanese Machine Girls or the Sci-Fi of mutating Tetsuos. You won't know whether to laugh, cry, stare in disbelief or leave the theater (provided your legs still obey your commands) at the transgressive new links between sex and death that A SERBIAN FILM reveals. This review is intentionally vague about the plot details. You deserve to be as innocent and virginal as possible entering the film – before it rapes you like a bearded, ogrish war criminal. A SERBIAN FILM should not be taken literally, like a "slice of life" depiction of today's Serbia. What it does is use strong and exaggerated metaphors to convey a certain feeling. If MARTYRS and IRREVERSIBLE, for example, portrayed sickening doings in France without making audiences believe it to be a nation of sick perverts and rapists, hopefully A SERBIAN FILM, in a similar manner, won't do much to hurt Serbia's already not too good public image. As the matter of fact, it plays upon certain expectations (and prejudices) associated with how this locale is perceived in the West, and can be understood as a grotesque parody of Serbia's current image in the eyes of foreigners. It seems to be saying: "You thought we were a nation of criminals and maniacs and ogres? You haven't seen anything yet!" This is just one of the ways that A SERBIAN FILM implicates its audience into its cunning doings: it will involve you, whether you like it or not, and it will make you question not only your role as a spectator and voyeur of sexual and violent cinematic arousals, but will also shatter many other preconceptions you may bring with you to the film. It has a clever way of making you reconsider all that you hold dear. One thing is certain: it won't leave you indifferent. It will embrace you, seduce you and penetrate you before you know what's gotten you and once you start picking your jaw off the floor it will be too late. Never again will you be able to hear or read the innocent phrase "a Serbian film" without a reflexive awakening of the searing images that Aleksandar Radivojevic (screenplay) and Srdjan Spasojevic (co-writer and director) have put on screen. For better or worse, A SERBIAN FILM will mark you for life like few other films have managed. It reinvents the somewhat forgotten art of real transgressive cinema and shows what real filmmaking can still accomplish. [B]Score: 10/10[/B] [B]Another review[/b] (by [url=http://www.brutalashell.com/2010/03/film-review-serbian-film-srpski-film/]Brutalashell.com[/url]) I’m going to be honest here: before SXSW, I hadn’t watched a trailer for any of the films playing. Part of me wanted to avoid having any expectations going in and be genuinely surprised. But then a friend pointed out the trailer for Serbian Film. As soon as I saw the trailer, I knew this film was something special. Serbian Film would be unlike anything I had ever seen. And I was right. Milos (Srdjan Todorovic) is a semi-retired porn star who only makes a film when his family (wife Maria and his adorable son) is teetering on broke. Then he gets a call from his old porn partner, Layla, who has a once in a lifetime offer for him. There’s a new director in town named Vukmir who is looking to make a high-art, high-concept, more “realistic” porn film, and he wants Milos for his fabled ability to get and maintain an erection without any visual or physical stimuli. Milos meets with Vukmir in a sprawling mansion-style home, where it becomes clear that Vukmir is well-connected, to say the least. Vukmir vaguely explains his concept and says that there is no script, but assures Milos that he will make so much money from this one film, that his son will be taken care of for the rest of his life. So Milos signs the dotted line. The next morning Milos is picked up and taken to a warehouse where he is given an earpiece by his driver. A voice whispers each move in his ear, and he follows. It seems harmless and sort of banal at first, until a little girl shows up and things begin to get a bit violent with a co-star. It’s here that this high-concept porn film rapidly disintegrates into something sinister. Milos decides this isn’t for him (the first and probably only good idea this guy has during the whole movie), but when he tries to back out, things go from awful to…a word that hasn’t even evolved in our vocabulary yet. Fucking terrible? Appalling? Disgusting? Horrifying. Serbian Film is not for the faint of heart. You can put a disclaimer at the beginning of a film (“Keep telling yourself ‘It’s only a movie!’”), but more often than not people are not going to take it seriously. If anything it’s a reinforcement of the old adage: tell a kid not to do something, and they’re going to be more inclined to do it. We innately desire what is forbidden, and that is just one of the many ideas that the filmmakers touch on here. I don’t know much about Serbia. I know it’s a nation that has been rife with conflict for a long time, but here in good ol’ ‘Merica, we don’t usually talk about Serbia (you know, because they don’t have anything we want). When listening to the filmmakers talk after the screening, they were passionate, well-spoken, and had a very clear vision and intention for the film. Serbian Film is not a piece of cinema that seeks to be obscene for the sake of obscenity, and it’s not a film that’s all about shock value with no merit. This is a politically, emotionally, socially, and artistically charged movie. Would I want to see some of the same content in other films? No. But I do want to see more filmmakers this passionate and fearless about their subject matter. To say that the content in Serbian Film is rough would be a severe understatement. There are images here that no other filmmaker would dream of putting in a film, and if they did, it’s a dream they’d keep to themselves. Imagine everything they would never put in a film – whether it’s a horror film or not is irrelevant – and it’s found its way into Serbian Film. I’ve heard people say that the filmmakers have crossed a line. I’m not going to argue that point because they clearly have, but I believe that in doing so they not only made their point, but they did a damn good job of it. I don’t question their choices because they don’t feel hollow and devoid of meaning. This is an angry film made by very angry people, inspired by their relationship as a people with their country. There’s also some interesting commentary on what it means to be a family, and what you sacrifice for their happiness only to destroy them and yourself in the process. The filmmakers explained during the Q & A that the landscape of European cinema as they know it makes it nearly impossible to get a film made. Backers want a victim, and that victim has to have a confession as to what made them a victim. Vukmir clearly represents European cinema and its need to victimize, with the client he’s making the film for representing bureaucracy – there’s always an asshole that’s bigger, more important, and more in charge than you. There’s also some commentary on entertainment and how far people in that industry will go, or feel like they have to go, to please an audience. I think this part of the commentary is universal, and it’s the same kind of finger-wagging that Michael Haneke has done in the past. As an audience we are insatiable. No amount of violence or sex is or ever will be enough, and Serbian Film shows us all of those things we don’t even want to consider. As a commentary on victims and victimization, the filmmakers are almost saying “You want a victim? We’ll give you a dozen of them, and we’ll victimize them so bad that you’ll never want a film about victims again.” Some metaphors in the film are so clear that you can almost see an arrow pointing right at them. I can’t get into details because I don’t want to spoil the film for you, and chances are, you wouldn’t want to hear about it anyway. It’s hard to recommend Serbian Film to anyone because the content is so brutal, but the message and the motivations behind it are genuine, passionate, and should be taken seriously. This is a very important film, and I know I’m not alone in saying that I felt privileged to see it. More importantly, I felt privileged to see it unedited, the way the filmmakers intended. The Fantasia Film Festival recently picked up Serbian Film as part of a trio of subversive Serbian films they’ll play. I’m anxious to hear the response out of our neighbors in Canada, particularly because I don’t foresee Serbian Film getting US distribution in any form. I spoke with writer Aleksandar Radivojevic last night and asked about a DVD release. He seemed rather optimistic about getting it released, and said that he’s already had a few interested distributors step forward with offers. When Tim League (owner of the Alamo Drafthouse) got up and said this was one of the most fucked up movies he had ever seen, we all knew we were in for something rough. Tim is a guy who has had a life-long mission to seek out and watch some of the most depraved pieces of cinema ever captured. If you don’t think you can stomach this movie (and not many people can), then don’t watch it. This film is not for everyone. But if you find that you can sit through it, you’ll walk away appreciative. Even if you are repulsed by the content and disagree with the delivery of the message, you will still find Serbian Film to be ultimately important – as a piece of cinema, and as a platform. Another thing I think everyone can agree on is that the film is beautifully made. Shot on RED, it’s executed perfectly and absolutely gorgeous. The music, sound editing, and actors all combine with the cinematography in one of those rarely seen but highly coveted and impeccable end results. Love it or hate it, Serbian Film is well-executed and well-played. It’s a film that I want to show to people, but not because I want them to witness such horrible atrocities. I want to show this film to people and get them talking about what it is to them, what it means, and how much it impacts them on a conscious level. [b]Images[/b] [img]http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s291/Sam_Loomis/ASerbianFilm01.jpg?t=1300095617[/img] [img]http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s291/Sam_Loomis/ASerbianFilm02.jpg?t=1300095617[/img] [img]http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s291/Sam_Loomis/ASerbianFilm03.jpg?t=1300095617[/img] [img]http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s291/Sam_Loomis/ASerbianFilm04.jpg?t=1300095617[/img] [B]Trailer[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0zPbwuKANU[/media] ------------------------------------------ Some of you guys may remember that thread I made about the (back then upcoming) movie "Human Centipede" back in September last year on GD... it sure got some attention. Now, looks like this movie going to blow "Human Centipede" right out of the water, but at the cost of getting our eyes and souls raped [b]BIGTIME[/b]. I've always been more curious than cautious... that's how I got into horror movies/gore when I was a kid, but this is probably the first time as an adult that I hesitate to watch a movie... I consider myself pretty desensitized already, but the review made me have second thoughts... I could be wrong... :ohdear: [B][U]UPDATE:[/U][/B] UK FP'ers can get to see this movie, on the big screen, [B]NEXT SUNDAY 29TH!!![/B] [release]FILM4 FRIGHTFEST 2010 Thursday 26th to Monday 30th August 2010. Main Empire screen Thursday 26th August 6.30 - HATCHET II 9.15 - PRIMAL 11.15 - DEAD CERT DISCOVERY SCREEN Friday 27th August 11.00 - EGGSHELLS 1.00 - TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE 3.00 - TOTAL ICON TOBE HOOPER 5.00 - ISLE OF DOGS 7.15 - F 9.25 - RED HILL 11.30 - ALIEN VS. NINJA Saturday 28th August 11.00 - CHERRY TREE LANE 1.15 - THE TORTURED 3.15 - 13 HRS 6.30 - I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 9.00 - MONSTERS 11.30 - DREAM HOME Sunday 29th August 11.00 - THE PACK 1.00 - ANDY NYMAN'S QUIZ FROM HELL + FILM4 FRIGHTFEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM SHOWCASE 4.00 - WE ARE WHAT WE ARE 6.30 - DAMNED BY DAWN [highlight][del]9.00 - A SERBIAN FILM[/del][/highlight] [b]<--------[/b] 11.30 - THE LOVED ONES Monday 30th August 11.15 - VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP AND VIDEOTAPE 1.15 - THE DEAD 3.30 - BEDEVILLED 6.30 - RED WHITE & BLUE 9.00 - THE LAST EXORCISM (...) [/release] [url=http://www.frightfest.co.uk/frightfestfilms.html]Source[/url] [B][U]UPDATE:[/U][/B] Frightfest 2010 drops ‘A Serbian Film’ From Line-Up [release][I]Film4 FrightFest has decided not to show A Serbian Film in a heavily cut version because, as a festival with a global integrity, we think a film of this nature should be shown in its entirety as per the director’s intention. Several film festivals across the world have already done so. Unlike the I Spit on Your Grave remake, where we are showing the BBFC certified print, as requested by Westminster Council, the issues and time-line complexities surrounding A Serbian Film make it impossible for us to screen it.[/I][/release] Read all about it [url=http://www.brutalashell.com/2010/08/frightfest-2010-drops-a-serbian-film-from-line-up/]here[/url]. [B][U]UPDATE:[/U][/B] Screening of ‘A Serbian Film’ Coming to Arizona! [release][B]"A Serbian Film" returns to the States[/B] The next screening of A Serbian Film, after its cancellation at the FrightFest due to censorship and the organizers deciding that 49 cuts and 4 minutes were too much, is a festival in France. After that, it's returning to the States to screen at Arizona's Underground Film Festival toward the end of September. The website doesn't say much about the film, other than they are going to leave "skidmarks" across the state with this screening. I really wonder how this is going to go down in such a conservative, Republican-leaning state. However, this same festival screened the brilliant and fun "Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl" last year, so the promoters and schedulers obviously know what they're doing. Makes me want to get on a plane and check it out. If you are anywhere near the vicinity, don't miss the opportunity to see the year's most controversial film in a theater.[/release] [URL="http://abeastinajungle.blogspot.com/2010/08/serbian-film-returns-to-states.html"]via[/URL] [URL="http://www.azundergroundfilmfest.com/festival-schedule"]Arizona Undergound Film Festival Website - Festival Schedule[/URL] [release][B]SATURDAY SEPT. 25TH[/B] [I]The Screening Room 127 E. Congress St[/I] 3:00pm Shorts Block – Beyond & Back 5:00pm Dead Hooker in a Trunk 7:00pm Beyond The Grave 9:00pm Nightbeasts [I]Crossroads Cinema 4811 E. Grant Rd[/I] 6:00pm Dark Lands 8:00pm Machotaildrop [highlight]10:00pm A Serbian Film[/highlight] [B]<--------[/B][/release] [url=http://www.azundergroundfilmfest.com/]Arizona Undergound Film Festival Website - Purchase tickets online - Festival Passes are now for sale! [B][U]Limited to only 100![/U][/B][/url] I [I]SO[/I] want to be in Arizona right now :/ FP'ers from Arizona, you CAN'T miss this opportunity to watch this movie! [b][u]UPDATE:[/u][/b] Screening of ‘A Serbian Film’ on SITGES 2010, Spain [release][img]http://www.quietearth.us/img/s/SITGES2010.jpg[/img] Full lineup [b]SITGES 43 OFFICIAL FANTÀSTIC SELECTION - IN COMPETITION[/b] 13 ASSASSINS (Takashi Miike, Japan) 14 DAYS WITH VICTOR (Román Parrado, Spain) A WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP (Zhang Yimou, China, Hong Kong) BEDEVILLED (Jang Cheol-soo, South Korea) BLACK DEATH (Christopher Smith, Germany) LA CASA MUDA (Gustavo Hernández, Uruguay) CONFESSIONS (Tetsuya Nakashima, Japan) DREAM HOME (Pang Ho-cheung, Hong Kong) FASE 7 (Nicolás Goldbart, Argentina) KABOOM (Gregg Araki, USA, France) KOSMOS (Reha Erdem, Turkey, Bulgaria) THE LAST EXORCISM (Daniel Stamm, USA) LEGEND OF THE FIST: THE RETURN OF CHEN ZHEN (Andrew Lau, Hong Kong, China) MONSTERS (Gareth Edwards, UK) MY JOY (Sergei Loznitsa, Ukraine, Germany) LES NUITS ROUGES DU BORREAU DE JADE (Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud, France) THE PERFECT HOST (Nick Tomnay, USA) RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE (Jalmari Helander, Finland, Norway, France, Sweden) RUBBER (Quentin Dupieux, France) SECUESTRADOS (Miguel Ángel Vivas, Spain) SOMOS LO QUE HAY (Jorge Michel Grau, Mexico) OFFICIAL FANTÀSTIC SELECTION PANORAMA - IN COMPETITION LES 7 JOURS DU TALION (Daniel Grou, Canada) [highlight]A SERBIAN FILM (Srdjan Spasojevic, Serbia)[/highlight] [b]<--------[/b] ATROCIOUS (Fernando Barreda Luna, Mexico, Spain) L’AUTRE MONDE (Gilles Marchand, France, Belgium) CAPTIFS (Yann Gozlan, France) COLD FISH (Shion Sono, Japan) DIE TÜR (Anno Saul, Germany) HELLDRIVER (Yoshihiro Nishimura, Japan) OUTRAGE (Takeshi Kitano, Japan) RED HILL (Patrick Hughes, Australia) THE REEF (Andrew Traucki, Australia) STAKE LAND (Jim Mickle, USA) TUCKER & DALE vs EVIL (Eli Craig, Canada, USA) [b]OFFICIAL FANTÀSTIC SELECTION PANORAMA – SPECIALS[/b] 14 BLADES (Daniel Lee, Hong Kong, China, Singapore) AFTER LIFE (Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo, USA) BESOURO (João Daniel Tikhomiroff, Brasil) BLACK LIGHTNING (Dmitriy Kiselev and Alexandr Voytinskiy, Russia) BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS (Teddy Chen, Hong Kong, China) LA DOPPIA ORA (Giuseppe Capotondi, Italy) FROZEN (Adam Green, USA) INSIDIOUS (James Wan, USA) JONAH HEX (Jimmy Hayward, USA) LA MEUTE (Franck Richard, France, Belgium) MONGA (Doze Niu, Taiwan) LA POSESIÓN DE EMMA EVANS (Manuel Carballo, Spain) PROWL (Patrik Syversen, USA) LA SOMBRA PROHIBIDA (José Luis Alemán, Spain) THE STORM WARRIORS (Pang Brothers, Hong Kong) SUCK (Rob Stefaniuk, Canada) ZEBRAMAN: ATTACK ON ZEBRA CITY (Takashi Miike, Japan) [b]OFFICIAL FANTÀSTIC SELECTION – GALAS[/b] AGNOSIA (Eugenio Mira, Spain) CARNE DE NEÓN (Paco Cabezas, Spain, Argentina, Sweden) DE MAYOR QUIERO SER SOLDADO (Christian Molina, Spain, France) EASY MONEY (Daniel Espinosa, Sweden) LET ME IN (Matt Reeves, USA, UK) THE NEW DAUGHTER (Luis Berdejo, USA) NOTRE JOUR VIENDRA (Romain Gavras, France) SUPER (James Gunn, USA) UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, UK, Thailand, France, Germany, Spain) VANISHING ON 7TH STREET (Brad Anderson, USA) THE WARD (John Carpenter, USA)[/release] Read all about it [url=http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2010/09/17/SITGES-2010-Announces-Lineup-Genre-fans-cry-with-joy#extended]here[/url]. Goddamn that lineup looks really fucking good! [b][u]UPDATE:[/u][/b] Exclusive: “A SERBIAN FILM” U.S. release in both rated and un-rated formats [release]After shocking audiences and outraging censors all over the world (with Sitges festival director Angel Sala recently charged with exhibition of child pornography for screening the movie last year), A SERBIAN FILM finally sees official U.S. release this year. We got the details and the first look at two new posters, so read on… Fango got the scoop from distributor Invincible Pictures that Srdjan Spasojevic’s movie will play select theaters across North America May 13—in an edited version. The unrated SERBIAN FILM will be released exclusively via digital media distribution outfit [url=http://www.flixfling.com/]FlixFling[/url] the same day. “This is an excellent opportunity for FlixFling to offer something totally exclusive to our growing community,” says the company’s CEO, Tom Ashley. “It was always our intention to release this film uncut, but given the recent charges against Sitges director Angel Sala, we have decided to release an edited version. We believe this film deserves to be seen as the filmmakers originally intended and hope to be able to release A SERBIAN FILM uncut in the future.” A SERBIAN FILM follows former adult-movie star Milos (Srdjan Todorovic) as he’s lured out of retirement to perform in an unusual underground movie production, and is plunged into a series of depraved and horrifying situations. See our review [url=http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1461:a-serbian-film-fantasia-film-review&catid=50:movies-tv&Itemid=181]here[/url]. [img]http://www.fangoria.com/images/stories/MAR11/serbianfilmusdistribnews1.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.fangoria.com/images/stories/MAR11/serbianfilmusdistribnews2.jpg[/img][/release] [url=http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3786:exclusive-a-serbian-film-us-release-details-a-posters&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=167]Source[/url] I believe this comment, taken from the article, says it all: [quote]So, a no-name company, that very few people have heard of, have bought the rights to an extremely controversial piece of cinema, and despite previous PR releases promising the USA an uncut release in cinemas and on home viewing formats, the only way that the uncut version will be accessible, is via FlixFling! What's the point? Either release it uncut, or don't release it at all. The world doesn't need ANOTHER cut version ouot there![/quote] Couldn't agree more with that guy. Anyway, is somebody going to that screening, even though it's completely butchered??
good god, our standards keep getting lower and lower. remember in the seventies when blood onscreen was considered so awful?
Oh my...
[quote]Serbian Film follows French cinema pioneers Gaspar Noe (Irreversible)[/quote] It is all clear to me now
So the only point of this movie was to shock people? [editline]04:06AM[/editline] gross
Uh, besides the fact that it deals with Serbia, and it's about a porn star who comes back into porn without knowing about the film, you didn't tell us what this film is about or why it's so bad.
I don't think he's seen it
The whole point is to troll us into wanting to watch it, then scream bloody murder and want tod ie after doing so.
Just finished watching it. I am speechless.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;23978893]I don't think he's seen it[/QUOTE] Me? Of course not, it says it's not even out yet [QUOTE=40kplayer;23979615]The whole point is to troll us into wanting to watch it, then scream bloody murder and want tod ie after doing so.[/QUOTE] Not really, I just wanted to share what I found about this movie with the rest of FP... as for the trolling, I'm not like Ryu-Gi if that's what you're wondering, so I resent that :colbert: [editline]07:10AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Detective P;23978790]Uh, besides the fact that it deals with Serbia, and it's about a porn star who comes back into porn without knowing about the film, you didn't tell us what this film is about or why it's so bad.[/QUOTE] I haven't seen it; read the review I posted instead, it should give you a pretty good idea of what the film is all about
Holy fuck. I just finished it and I have to say this is the worst movie ever made. Not worst as in really bad cinematography or dialog. Those were fine. It is just a terrible movie. [sp]What the fuck is up with having sex with kids in this movie? I have never been so disgusted by a film in my entire life and I have seen many a disgusting film.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Mister Cool;23980421]Just finished watching it. I am speechless.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=kidwithsword;23984626]Holy fuck. I just finished it and I have to say this is the worst movie ever made.[/QUOTE] /offtopic [b]kidwithsword[/b], I [i]almost[/i] read your spoiler when quoting you, thank goodness I looked away /ontopic Ok so, is it as bad as it sounds??
Watched this movie a while ago. It makes August Underground, Cannibal Holocaust, The Human Centipede and all that other "made-to-be-shocking" shit look like Care Bears. One of the few movies that left me speechless and disgusted. [QUOTE=Pretiacruento;23985709] Ok so, is it as bad as it sounds??[/QUOTE] No, it's worse.
I watched it, was pretty cool.
[QUOTE=AnalisMorisette;23985778]Watched this movie a while ago. It makes August Underground, Cannibal Holocaust, The Human Centipede and all that other "made-to-be-shocking" shit look like Care Bears. One of the few movies that left me speechless and disgusted. <quote> No, it's worse.[/QUOTE] Can't say I've watched August Underground, but if one of the reviewers think this is worse than Sálo, then this film must the _Real deal_ [i]*shivers*[/i]
God, I might just read the plot synopsis on this one. It sounds like some nice creepypasta.
I don't get scared by horror easily but I cannot watch a film where [sp]babyfuck is awwwriiight[/sp] [sp]and kiddy-fuck is also awwwriiiiight[/sp] I know what happens in this film and I'd rather not see it :(
[sp]He buttfucks his kid And then stabs his penis through a mans eye socket which then kills him.[/sp] Yeah and that's only a fraction of the ending.
Now you've gotten me interested. I've yet to see something that left me in utter disgust. Perhaps this might be the thing.
I didn't like the part where he [sp]stabbed the guy in the eye with his dick[/sp]
[QUOTE=Detective P;23978790]Uh, besides the fact that it deals with Serbia, and it's about a porn star who comes back into porn without knowing about the film, you didn't tell us what this film is about or why it's so bad.[/QUOTE] Please do not watch this movie. Yeah you might think you can take it, but chances are you can't. And if you can, well, then I feel sorry for you. Just think EXTREME sexual perversion if you want to know what this movie is about. Actually, don't think that. Just don't watch it if you are not used to the extremes. Perversion ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE END. [editline]12:14AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Jamsponge;23986558]God, I might just read the plot synopsis on this one. It sounds like some nice creepypasta.[/QUOTE] I TRIED to do that. I wish I could've found a full synopsis. Curiosity got the better of me, I'm ashamed to say, and I DEEPLY regret it :C [editline]12:20AM[/editline] DO NOT WATCH I AM BEGGING YOU. Oh, wait. Stupid reverse Psychology. Okay. Watch it...AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. See? Reverse Psychology. I cannot stop warning you all!! I should've done better research before watching. *cringe*
Oh God. I just watched it. It's pretty much if HellMOO were made into a movie, if not worse. Only watch this movie if you are prepared to have your mind destroyed.
[QUOTE=Electronics;24023246] I TRIED to do that. I wish I could've found a full synopsis. Curiosity got the better of me, I'm ashamed to say, and I DEEPLY regret it :C [editline]12:20AM[/editline] DO NOT WATCH I AM BEGGING YOU. Oh, wait. Stupid reverse Psychology. Okay. Watch it...AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. See? Reverse Psychology. I cannot stop warning you all!! I should've done better research before watching. *cringe*[/QUOTE] I found this on IMDB, second post has a full synopsis. [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273235/board/thread/161395281?d=166645540&p=1#166645540[/url] Btw I had nothing to do last night...and I watched half of it...I may watch the second half but I am being so pussy that I watch it in bits. Also my connection is shit so it kept lagging anyway and it took double the time to watch. Still, I saw [sp]baby fuck and decapitating sex[/sp] which was...beautiful...actually [sp]babyfuck wasn't as graphic as I'd pictured in my head but still wtfworthy, especially how the mum is smiling while the baby she just had is raped[/sp] Seriously think I'm going to watch the rest even though I know it'll disturb me! I am looking forward to [sp]the skullfuck scene though, Ive heard it's actually quite unintentionally funny[/sp]
[QUOTE=xXDictatorXx;24034065]I found this on IMDB, second post has a full synopsis. [URL]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273235/board/thread/161395281?d=166645540&p=1#166645540[/URL] Btw I had nothing to do last night...and I watched half of it...I may watch the second half but I am being so pussy that I watch it in bits. Also my connection is shit so it kept lagging anyway and it took double the time to watch. Still, I saw [sp]baby fuck and decapitating sex[/sp] which was...beautiful...actually [sp]babyfuck wasn't as graphic as I'd pictured in my head but still wtfworthy, especially how the mum is smiling while the baby she just had is raped[/sp] Seriously think I'm going to watch the rest even though I know it'll disturb me! I am looking forward to [sp]the skullfuck scene though, Ive heard it's actually quite unintentionally funny[/sp][/QUOTE] there is something wrong with you [editline]08:53AM[/editline] truly wrong
[quote=xxdictatorxx;24034065][URL]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273235/board/thread/161395281?d=166645540&p=1#166645540[/URL][/quote] What the [B]FUCKING CHRIST[/B]
Curiosity has won the better of me, I am going to watch this film.
[QUOTE=BrickInHead;24034297]there is something wrong with you [editline]08:53AM[/editline] truly wrong[/QUOTE] I'm sure there is. [QUOTE=D4vils Buddy;24034423]Curiosity has won the better of me, I am going to watch this film.[/QUOTE] I know the feeling.
[QUOTE=D4vils Buddy;24034423]Curiosity has won the better of me, I am going to watch this film.[/QUOTE] I'm still very curious but hesitant at the same time :/ First of all, I'd have to watch it _Alone_, if I asked my gf to watch it with me she'd dump me in a microsecond...
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;24034694]I'm still very curious but hesitant at the same time :/ First of all, I'd have to watch it _Alone_, if I asked my gf to watch it with me she'd dump me in a microsecond...[/QUOTE] I watched it alone. It was great. :ohdear:
This film is bad and weird.
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