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"Film is not the reflection of the reality, it is the reality of reflection" Jean-Luc Godard In Camera Lucida's no 11, you will read, in Ronald Bergan's text That is no country for old men, about how old age is (mis)represented in cinema, through the arts time voyage from Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, W. B. Yates or T.S Eliot, to Murnau, Ozu, De Sica, Bergman, Kurosawa, to more recent Sokurov's brilliant Alexandra and Haneke's Oscar nominated Amour. And if you ever wonder what happens when you are sitting in a cinema during a bad film you would like to leave (or wish you could "switch channels" if only possible), you will discover various ways of exit from bad art in Ronald Bergan's witty and illuminating Exit Strategies. In her new thought-provoking text, Merima Omeragic discusses Dana Budisavljevic' touching documentary film Nije ti život pjesma Havaja, with its portrayal of complex family issues, non-normative sexuality and its ensuing processes of detabooisation and political transformation, through individual mechanisms of silencing and speaking out. Vuk Vukovic' Produkciona analiza savremene kinematografije u Crnoj Gori is focused on the thorough and detailed analysis of the state of (non)affairs in Montenegro's filmic culture. In Retrospectives, Ronald Bergan pays homage to the rare studio director who left his unique stamp on everything he did, the master of MGM musicals and their "world of fantasy, brilliant colours, stylish décors and costumes" – Vincente Minnelli. Nevena Matovic interviews Jean-Marc Barr and discusses with him his acting and directorial career, his attitude towards arts, Europe, Yugoslavia, Hollywood, subversive cinema and much more... The Festivals section will link you to the latest editions of Piran Film Festival, through Fedeora and Maja Bogojevic's review of Aida Begic's awarded film Djeca and to Torino Film Festival, through Ivana Mrvaljevic's festival overview. While Ivana Mrvaljevic explores insightfully Film commission models in Montenegro, in the second and last part of her M.A. thesis on Montenegro Film Commission, Mala educacion presents Anita Erak's extraordinary student essay on Double vie de Veronique, in which she tackles the possibilities of female subjectivity in the patriarchal world. In Memoriam pays tribute to the great authors Nagisa Oshima and Krsto Papic. Enjoy Camera Lucida's no 11! Maja Bogojevic |