tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post112578056407652122..comments2023-06-05T12:15:30.783+01:00Comments on East Ethnia: A short review, two years late but positiveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1125807395260898492005-09-04T05:16:00.000+01:002005-09-04T05:16:00.000+01:00My apologies for the letters business. It's annoyi...My apologies for the letters business. It's annoying to me too. <BR/><BR/>I do think that the film is courageous, although Bresan has his great popularity to shield him. But I also appreciate the way that the film refuses to reduce the story to national categories. The older brother who carries the ending, Kreso, is just as "national" as anyone else, but is also a stolid decent type -- whose main weakness is his indulgence of the killer, his sadistic younger brother Josko. The war provides a context, probably necessary, but is also presented as somehow incidental, somehow instrumental. My feeling is that this is a good picture of how a lot of crimes really happened. The publicity literature that MFA distributed (can't find it right now) had a nice quotation from Bresan saying that as a director it was not so important for him to be Croatian, but very important to be honest.Eric Gordyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743744653177736119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1125805556737265382005-09-04T04:45:00.000+01:002005-09-04T04:45:00.000+01:00This letters thingie is a little hard on people wi...This letters thingie is a little hard on people with bad eyesight, but I understand the necessity.<BR/><BR/> I just get obscene with spammers. I tell them where to 'mars' if you know what I mean and I think you do.<BR/><BR/>I think it takes great courage for anyone in Croatia to examine war crimes committed by Croats.Katja R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17813405984067905779noreply@blogger.com