RE: Film Review: Natasha (Nataša, 2001)
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Thanks for this review of a period of history largely ignored in the West. I would like to be able to access Yugolsav films from the Black Wave 70s. Do you know any sites that caters for that genre?
Some modern Serbian film makers have criticised modern Serbian cinema for being merely a channel to put across EU themes of reconciliation and contrition for the Balkan Wars of the 90s. What do you make of this viewpoint?
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EU themes in Serbian cinema are reflection of EU subsidies for Serbian films. Serbia has relatively small domestic market and it is very diificult for a film to be commercially viable. Many film makers take the easy route of taking money from EU or Serbian government and adapt content of their films according to their financiers' agenda.
This issue is even more noticeable in Croatia, which is a smaller country with smaller domestic market and less ability for commercial or audience-friendly content to slip through.
Thank you for your insightful comment. I came across a critique, by the director of A Serbian Film, who was very critical of the way films are funded in Serbia. I seem to recall him claiming that this limited artistic freedom for film makers. Yet there are Serbian film makers like Kustirica who have had successful careers and appear to have maintained their artistic freedom. Maybe I don't know enough about his career and why he has been successful.
Maybe governments need to take the attitude of the French towards nurturing and protecting their domestic film industries without interfering with the artistic process.