But a rather weird thing is that the 2007 work "Zavet (Promise to Me") by the Serbian gold medal director is still hard to find in the DVD market; and the Ku fans around him seem to have been negligent. Mention this film that was nominated for Palme d’Or last year but came down. Could it be that it has reproduced the low level of "Life is a Miracle" so that even the disc dealers are lazy to pay attention? So let me quickly be fair: "Zavet" allows you to find the long-lost mad king Kusturica.
If "Black Cat and White Cat", which describes the life in the Gypsy country, is crazy like a marijuana, then "Zavet" is a whole bucket of LSD! This is a modern social myth in the cloak of European folk tales, a fairy tale of a prince and princess who fights against the gangsters. The content of the story alone is enough to make people spoil the food. Now I will briefly describe it: a peasant inventor and craftsman grandfather said that he is about to die, and he hopes that his grandson Tsana can fulfill his three last wishes before his death: crossing three mountains to the nearest I went to a city in China, sold the cow Chevitka in the market, and then used the money to buy a statue of Saint Nicholas. Of course, the most important and final wish was to hope that he could bring a wife home. The 12-year-old boy set off. He was snatched from the cow by the underworld as soon as he arrived in the city. In desperation, he found the two grandchildren of his grandfather's dead brother-a pair of brawny and dwarf. . After regaining the cows and buying the icon, Tessana decided to marry the beautiful girl named Jiasina who fell in love at first sight, and took her back to her hometown. But in order to pay off the debt, Jasna's mother had to mortgage the little girl to the underworld boss as a prostitute. As a result, Tsana and the two distant brothers, who are like Atomic Donkeys, embarked on the journey to snatch Jasna back. When the gangster was cut off like a steer by Tsana, the children returned home with a beautiful woman, had sex all the way, and drove back to the village. They were greeted by the surviving grandfather who was about to marry the female elementary school teacher in Tsana. At this time, the gangster who became a eunuch drove an armored car to cooperate with the party to kill. After an unusually chaotic gunfight, the bad guys fell into the trap, and the two couples held a grand wedding. It was a happy movie--- ----But what a fucking happy movie!
Making a wish at the end of the life, a liar in the lead, helping strangers, punishing evil and promoting good, heroes saving the beauty, lovers finally getting married... These common plots in European fairy tales are integrated by Kusturica in his movies. Both cult and adult. Grandpa's granddaughter-in-law's last wish was thrown to an underage kid; Jasna's mother worked as a kindergarten teacher during the day and sold meat in a brothel to pay off debts at night; the underworld boss (played by Miki Manojlovic, Uncle Ku's queen actor) was arrogant and arrogant. Cruel, but a hungry bestiality lover, and praised by his mother as a promising young man; the protagonist Mao is not Zhang Quan, so he has sex with the girl in the trunk of the car and is sturdy enough; two distant brothers have been with the children. The chivalrous sidemen are righteous, but they are two out-and-out bandits and hooligans. Kusturica used his own surrealistic techniques to depict a very out-of-the-ordinary book of Adventures in the City of a Stupid Boy. I personally feel that it is not so much as deconstructing and subverting the well-known pure versions of Green and Andersen, but as returning to the origin of folk tales. It is not only the artistic embodiment of human basic desires, but also the constant use of violence, eroticism, strange power and other elements. Come to please the listeners' senses.
Comparing past works in style, "Zavet" does seem to be an enhanced and upgraded version of "Black Cat and White Cat": there is not so much political irony and nostalgia, to portray the process of an old and one in pursuit of love. This exaggerated and funny conflict farce completes the basic structure. If "Black" is a comedy with the theme of Kushi's rural theme, then "Zavet" is a carnival after he shifted his attention to the big town. However, at the end of the film’s return to the countryside, it seems that Kusturica is again suggesting to the audience: The countryside is still pure, and there are not so many messy things in the city. This idea may be very Chinese, but it can be regarded as a way to interpret Cushman’s film thoughts: urban life corresponds to the tragic fate of authoritarian politics and violence, while rural life corresponds to the joy of warm family. From the early "Song of the Wanderer" From "Dad on a Business Trip" to "Life is a Miracle", we can see a little trace.
In this film, Kusturica expresses some social attitudes, but not many. Compared to any previous Kushi movies, there are gangs, gangsters, and thieves everywhere, so the actions of the gangs in this film do not make people feel that the director's allegations are subtle. But the big guy wanted to build a twin world trade building on the ruins of a factory chimney in Serbia, which is quite interesting. It seems to symbolize NATO's eastward advance and the complete bleaching of the former Yugoslavia; both ideological and economic reforms are reversing the persistent temper of this gunpowder keg. The same is true both at home and abroad, thinking that China is also bullish, the Olympics are about to open, and alien bases are being built everywhere, and investment is invited. It seems that this ridiculous attitude can also cover us closely.
Just that, this comedy movie does not have any awesome ideological heights, so it is normal for the film festivals where those literary and artistic films to be unpaid. If what Hollywood often shoots is called "entertainment blockbuster", then "Zavet" is an uncomplicated "entertainment small film", and the suitable crowd is by no means limited to fans or cult film lovers. I personally think that ordinary people. The same can be seen from the forward and backward together---after all, the foundation of its narrative comes from folk tales. It is often said that a comedy is as vulgar as "American Pie", but we also have no reason to raise "Zavet" much higher, it is only fascinating because of the unique temperament of Cousins itself. The imagination of the gypsy is wild, rough, and flying fairy from the sky. It seems like a bat. It looks chaotic and upside-down, but it will never be dizzy and let you catch it easily. It just wipes away. But just leave you with a whistle. You can't predict its trajectory, you can only sigh under the weird images, chaotic scenes, and the sound of national music.
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