Comments on: Europeanisms http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/08/29/europeanisms/ The idle musings of John B Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:27:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Michael http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/08/29/europeanisms/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 Michael Sun, 03 Sep 2006 07:25:50 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/08/29/europeanisms/#comment-1235 At roughly the same time, I was attending the Sarajevo Film Festival - and because I was one of the few English-speaking journalists covering it, the VIP treatment was embarrassingly effusive, though I naturally lapped it up (along with the generous hospitality). It was difficult to forget the war, though - aside from the fact that the famous Holiday Inn (where I was staying) was still pockmarked by bullets and shells, a clear majority of the films I saw at least mentioned it, and quite a few had it as a setting. Not that that's a criticism - just as the 1940s was Britain's cinematic golden age, Balkan filmmaking is enjoying a new lease of life for similar reasons. At roughly the same time, I was attending the Sarajevo Film Festival – and because I was one of the few English-speaking journalists covering it, the VIP treatment was embarrassingly effusive, though I naturally lapped it up (along with the generous hospitality).

It was difficult to forget the war, though – aside from the fact that the famous Holiday Inn (where I was staying) was still pockmarked by bullets and shells, a clear majority of the films I saw at least mentioned it, and quite a few had it as a setting. Not that that’s a criticism – just as the 1940s was Britain’s cinematic golden age, Balkan filmmaking is enjoying a new lease of life for similar reasons.

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