Jasmila Zbanic‘s “brave drama commemorates the victims of atrocities in 1990s Bosnia, making a substantial impression despite a short running time. She commemorates the more than 3,000 Bosniaks murdered during ethnic cleansing in the Visegrad area in the 1990s, especially the women tortured in rape encampments.” Thus, her movie van be seen as a direct response to the nationalitic Potemkin Village project of another Bosnian director: Emir Kusturica. See the full review (c) variety.com 2013 Cf. the text on Kusturica in THE GUARDIAN, 2012
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“For those who can tell no tales”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Andrićgrad, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnian War, Emir Kusturica, ethnic cleansing, film, Jasmila Žbanić, review, Višegrad, war crimes on 10 September 2013 by delclemPeter Handke’s 70th Birthday
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Austria, birthday, Literature, Peter Handke, Višegrad on 7 December 2012 by delclem“The Landscapes Through Which We Traveled” –
a text by Žarko Radaković (c) Open Letters Monthly 2012.
In the text there are no words about the photo: The bridge over the river Drina in Višegrad, Bosnia-Herzegovina – setting for a famous novel and for a less famous genocide…
My birthday wishes for Peter Handke would be a bit harsher – unfortunately they are only available in German…

