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Srdjan SpasojevicKamera:
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Srdjan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilović, Natasa Miljus, Katarina Zutic, Nenad Herakovic, Lena BogdanovicInhalte(1)
Milos, ein ehemaliger Pornostar, der finanziell ziemlich am Ende ist, bekommt einen Anruf von einer ehemaligen Kollegin, die ihn für einen künstlerisch wertvollen Pornofilm bei sehr guter Bezahlung sucht. Nach kurzer Überlegung geht Milos auf das Angebot ein und trifft sich mit dem Regisseur in einem abgelegenen Haus, muss aber bald erkennen, dass der in eine Geschichte geraten ist, die wesentlich grausamer als das ist, was er bisher kennengelernt hat, und dass er aus dieser Geschichte auch nicht mehr herauskommt. (Verleiher-Text)
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The most disgusting film I’ve ever seen, which is probably the only notable thing about it that makes the film deserve attention. Or the opposite.
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Ich bin es nicht gewohnt, Filme mit erstklassigen formalen und schauspielerischen Parametern mit "Boo!“ zu bewerten. Wenn das passiert, muss es sich um einen Film handeln, der sich selbst außerordentlich abwertet und alles dafür tut, dass ich ihn anders als "Boo!“ überhaupt nicht wahrnehmen kann. A Serbian Film versinkt in ähnliche Themen wie Schumachers 8MM - Acht Millimeter – die menschliche Psyche unter dem destruktiven Einfluss vom extremen Porno und das Brechen von schlimmsten Tabus. Im Unterschied zu 8MM - Acht Millimeter, welcher mit diesen heiklen Themen vorsichtig gearbeitet hat, im Rahmen einer psychologischen Basis von einem spannenden Thriller-Genre-Film, genießt A Serbian Film ihre direkte, rüpelhafte und selbstzweckmäßige Darstellung, was er stolz für seine größte Devise hält. Ein Meisterwerk in der Filmmaterialisierung von einer sozialen Retardation.
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A Serbian Film kam in manchen Ländern gar nicht erst in die Distribution. Denn er enthält eine außergewöhnliche Menge expliziter Szenen, mehrere detaillierte Nahaufnahmen von Geschlechtsorganen (männlich und weiblich) und vor allem bisher nie gesehenen Gewaltakte, insbesondere gegen Frauen und Kinder. Es handelt sich hauptsächlich um einen Film, der jegliche Grenzen ignoriert und stattdessen alle Tabus bricht. Eine Überraschung war für mich die Qualität. Die Musik geht einem wirklich unter die Haut, die Kamera lässt den Zuschauer nicht verschonen, sodass selbst in den abscheulichsten Aufnahmen nicht weggeschaut wird, und dank des Drehbuchs steigert sich die Handlung auf unglaubliche Weise hin zu einem grandiosen Finale. Einfach unglaublich! Zwar wird dieser Film in Rezensionen und Diskussionen nicht so oft zitiert und erwähnt wie beispielsweise das Cannibal Holocaust, aber dank der breiten Fanbasis von Horrorfilmen wird er sicherlich bald zu einem Kult werden.
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A Serbian Film should never be the first exploitation horror you watch in your life. Firstly, because you wouldn’t take it, and secondly, because it would be like beginning from the absolute top. Forget the amateurism, the tragic performances, the predictability and other attributes typical of the sub-genre (even for the best known and most revered representatives), A Serbian Film is on another level. In a professional package, it deliberately does what is expected: to utterly disgust the viewer. If there was a film where I’d say that anyone who enjoys it (i.e. watches it with a smile and says “this is cool”) is not entirely well, this is the one. Personally, I had an even more unpleasant feeling than with the recent The Human Centipede. The worst is the idea that if someone has thought of filming this, there’s also the possibility that someone will think of doing it. I’m giving it a full rating because this film works perfectly (maybe too much), but I can understand the whole range, even Boo!. In the scene where the insane director explains the new genre he’s come up with, I really thought of turning off the film, deleting it and forgetting about it.
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There is no big controversy here, and no Balkan video to shock conservative viewers. Rather, the film is a cruel bore in the regime of a better amateur snuff film. In its desire to explicitly depict everything that involves the main character's dick, it actually brings about so much that, next to this, the French film Martyrs seems like an elaborate horror epic worthy of textbooks. There are three questions in my head: a) what is wrong with the director, b) what did the actors think during the filming, and c) what's the point? I don't have a satisfactory answer to any of those questions. It’s shit that is not even worthy of the increased attention it has received, let alone a better review. PS: The ending is a parody of itself, in the style of the bloody geysers of Peter Jackson's first films. For real. :-)
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Snuff with a plot; snuff in the robes of ancient tragedy. Strong, well acted, escalates like little else, surprisingly completely non-amateurish, flawlessly crafted, but still I would never recommend it to anyone. Never. Just as I know for sure I'll never watch it again. Never. In essence it is completely unevaluable because every few minutes it oscillates along the entire assessment scale from genuine enthusiasm, to self-disgust, contempt for the filmmakers, to the declaration of war on Serbia... P.S.: This was beautifully put by Tim Anderson of “Bloody Disgusting": “You don’t want to see A Serbian Film. You just think you do."
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In the end, this is a no-go. The atmosphere, however, becomes increasingly intense on its own, the rough scenes aren't disturbing despite occasional hyper-vomiting, and the actors perform their parts even in situations where I would certainly expect numerous moments of embarrassing overacting. And when the audiovisual form is entertaining and the unsettling mood begins to cautiously hint at a dark ending, then it happens. A final twenty minutes of bloody frenzy where I was expecting catharsis, but only got an embarrassing self-parody. Srdjan Spasojevič, like a little child, tears down his carefully constructed structure made of building blocks in an outburst of rage. Considering that A Serbian Film is probably one of a kind in this format, it's actually quite a pity.
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"A Serbian Film is not only shocking, but above all unsettling." I copied this sentence from the film description, because I can't agree with it. What was supposed to shock me about that? I don't live in a vacuum and I wasn't shocked even by Fifty Shades of Gray, so ... I was unsettled, but for the same reason as with most crappy romantic comedies - I don't understand where such films get funding. I was partly annoyed, partly bored and without the FFW button on the remote, I probably wouldn't have managed to make it to the end. I’m not the least bit surprised that the Human Centipede is listed among similar films, the list should also include Human Nature.
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