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Dusan Makavejev, the most prominent director in new Yugoslav cinema is internationally recognized for his passionate, daring films that blend fiction with reality, and drama with humor. Many of these films contain experimental elements and were considered controversial for their eroticism and sharp criticism of Eastern European politics. Makavejev began making short films during the '50s just after he studied psychology at Belgrade University; he then went on to become active in several film societies and festivals while studying direction at the Academy for Radio, Television, and Film. He continued making shorts and documentaries for both Zagreb and Avala studios until the early '60s. His interest in documentaries can still be see in his later fictional features. Makavejev's first three features -- Man Is Not a Bird (1966), Love Affair (1967), and Innocence Unprotected (1968) -- won him international acclaim. In 1971, his fictionalized chronicle of psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, WR: Mysteries of the Organism, was immediately banned in Yugoslavia for its political-sexual content. The film also resulted in Makavejev's exile until the late '80s. This did not stop him from making films. In 1974, he made Sweet Movie in Canada. The film was so violent and sexually explicit that it was considered pornographic in many countries and banned. Makavejev's only real commercial success was his 1981 film Montenegro. In 1988, he finally returned home, where he made Manifesto, a political farce that has not been widely seen on the international market. ~ Sandra Brennan, RoviDušan Makavejev
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Dušan Makavejev
| Dušan Makavejev | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 October 1932 Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Education | University of Belgrade |
| Alma mater | Faculty of Dramatic Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade |
| Occupation | Film director and screenwriter |
| Years active | 1965–1996 |
| Spouse | Bojana Marijan (1964 - ) |
Dušan Makavejev (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Макавејев, Serbian pronunciation: [dǔʃan makaʋɛ̌jɛʋ]) (born 13 October 1932 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s, many of which are part of the Black Wave. His most successful movie was the 1971 political satire WR: Mysteries of the Organism, which he directed and wrote.
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Career
His first three feature films Man Is Not a Bird (1965), Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (1967) starring actress and icon of the "black wave"[1] period in film Eva Ras, and Innocence Unprotected (1968) won Dušan Makavejev international acclaim. The latter won him the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] In 1970, he was a member of the jury at the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
His next movie W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971, starring Milena Dravić, Jagoda Kaloper, and Ivica Vidović) was banned in Yugoslavia due to sexual-political content and resulted in Makavejev's exile from the country, which ended in 1988. Sweet Movie, with its explicit depictions of sex and urination also relegated the film to Art house audiences and has been banned in several places. There was a span of seven years before he released his next film, Montenegro. It was a successful (and more conventional) black comedy. The Coca-Cola Kid, set in Australia, is perhaps his most accessible picture, featuring performances by Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi. He also appeared as one of the narrators in the film Zabranjeni bez zabrane (Banned without being banned) which shows a profound insight into the history of Yugoslav cinema through censorship, and which asks how famous anti-communist movies from Yugoslavia succeeded in being made, as well as considering their consequences. The film contains original interviews with the most important dissident filmmakers from the communist era.[4]
Filmography
Makevejev directed the following movies:
- Man is Not a Bird (1965), writer
- Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (1967), writer
- Innocence Unprotected (1968), writer
- W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971), writer
- Sweet Movie (1974), writer
- Montenegro (1981), writer
- The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
- Manifesto (1988), writer
- Gorilla Bathes at Noon (1993), writer
- Hole in the Soul (1994)
- Danish Girls Show Everything (1996) "Dream" segment
References
- ^ http://arhiva.kurir-info.rs/Arhiva/2004/februar/02/ST-02-01022004.shtml
- ^ "Berlinale 1968: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1968/03_preistr_ger_1968/03_Preistraeger_1968.html. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
- ^ "Berlinale 1970: Juries". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1970/04_jury_1970/04_Jury_1970.html. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045568/
Notes
- Article on Man Is Not a Bird in Senses of Cinema http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/08/49/man-is-not-a-bird.html
External links
- Dusan Makavejev at the Internet Movie Database
- Dušan Makavejev biography
- Interview - a Hungarian interview.
- English-language interview (2000)
- Goran Markovic Горан Марковиќ "Dušan Makavejev or a Free Man" (in Serbian)
- Critical Review
- A photograph of Dusan Makavejev: http://www.filmreference.com/images/sjff_02_img0759.jpg
- Man Is Not a Bird (TCM Movie Morlocks)
- Literature on Dusan Makavejev
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