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In Serbia he has published 9 books: novels In Vivo (2003) and The Seducer (2014) three studies: Faustian Screen: The Devil in Cinema (2006), In the Hills, the Horrors: Serbian Horror Film (2007) and Poetics of Horror (2014), a collection of essays A Study in Terror (2008) and a book of interviews More than Truth (2017) and he edited H. Writes book and film reviews and articles for Rue Morgue magazine. Poe') and his PhD in 2012 ('Historical Poetics of Horror Genre in Anglo-American Literature'). Got his MA in 2009 ('Gothic Motifs in the Works of E.
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He worked as a TA in American Literature at the Faculty of Philosophy, Nis (1999-2009).
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However, the way the movie is presented + storyline + the acting - if Martyr gets a 10/10 score then it will only score 5/10. The effects of Martyrs were just jaw dropping, heart wrenching. On the level of gore, if Martyrs cracks up a 10/10 score then it will get 9 best. Since people digs direct comparison, I shall offer some (see the symbolism here too? lol) : With everything being said, it is still almost impossible for an average or even hardcore gore-holic to see the depth of the symbolism within the movie while witnessing everything that is going on throughout. and realizing that there is still 60 minutes to go!! Lol. That way, audience would have moved on in their mind and not ponder upon what they just say minutes back. This movie would have better acceptance if the movie itself did not pause with the occassional "regular story" after every gore scene. Pressure that builds up brick by brick.įrom the beginning, (when the guy agreed to cast himself as the porn/snuff movie actor) to the end, (when he pulls the trigger on his entire family) it shows that. From the beginning to the end, this movie is about someone doing the unthinkable because of extreme pressure from his/her society. In "A Serbian Film", the symbolism itself got overshaded by the pure brutality/sickness of the things you see. However, if you do take up the symbolism thingy from such movies you will realize that those directors simply expressed their respective "symbolism" in a different, less 'sick-fest' way and the respective stories, acting, screenplays, camera works, locations etc of those movies resulted in an overall better quality movie which made you see beyond the gore within those films. surely they do reflect symbolism (well in a way they do, no one can honestly disagree) of "society's pressure" and 90% of the USA/UK/CAN/AUS viewers can ever relate to that.Ĭomparing it directly to movies like Martyrs, Ichi the Killer, Anti Christ will never be a fair comparison mainly because those movies also reflects some of the best acting you can ever see. I know, through the director's interview, that there is no Censor Board in place and movies like these will surely create them.Īs sick as some of the scenes are: like the infant rape, incest etc. I live nowhere near Serbia and really dont know the exact political state of the country. I saw the unrated version, and, this truly is the sickest movie I have ever seen! I do start to hate the Serbian government more, albeit for giving the director the inspiration and state of mind to make such A Serbian Film. A Serbian Film fails at invoking such a complex reaction in the viewer towards itself. It basically means you've succeded with your film if you can get your audience to have such strong emotions while doing such a controversial film which has a premise that will actually keep you from turning off the film because you NEED to know how it ends. Even though I consider myself having a strong stomach for viewing disgusting stuff, Martyr shook me to the point of angst ridden panic attacks. Now THERE we can speak of symbolism and meaning. I was recently shaken to the bones by the French film Martyrs. And I don't think people will watch it more than once (if they can bear through the whole of it) in hopes of finding a meaning. In A Serbian Film however there is nothing to suggest this is about the Serbian government. At least with Salo we had the juxtaposition of de Sade's injustices and hypocrisy of his society he so elloquently allegorised in 120 Days of Sodom, with Passolini's reimagining of the Republic of Salo run by fascists. The way I see it the director may try to justify it by trying to perhaps post-rationalise a deeper meaning to it.