Yugoslav Black Wave was originally published in 2011 by Film Center Serbia. At that time it was the first comprehensive study of the Black Wave to appear in English and is still one of the rare monographs anywhere dedicated to the subject. The Yugoslav Black Wave represented a new generation in Socialist Yugoslav cinema in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their films were characterized by a critical spirit and an unconventional approach to form in relation to classical Yugoslav cinema, which generally served to galvanize the war-torn young nation and to advance the Communist party agenda. The author ultimately argues that this phenomenon is maybe the last new wave in postwar European cinema that is still in need of sustained critical attention and wider acknowledgement. This book is a revised and expanded second edition that makes a modest endeavor towards that goal.
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- To the Distant Observer
- Preamble
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Plastic Love Affair
- 2. Yugoslav Film Industry Foundations
- 3. The Last Tough Guys
- 4. Enthusiasm
- 5. Restless Early Works
- 6. The Academy of Theater, Film, Radio and Television
- 7. Young and Healthy, Dead and Pale
- 8. The Filmmakers
- 9. Crow Feather Collectors
- 10. Marxist Thought and Practice
- 11. Horoscope
- 12. Black Wave Aesthetics
- Conclusion
- Postscript
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index of Films
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
- List of Figures
- Fig. 1. Dr. Živojin L. Aleksić in Love Affair
- Fig. 2. Eva Ras in Love Affair
- Fig. 3. First Date in Love Affair
- Fig. 4. Explicit Critiques in Plastic Jesus
- Fig. 5. Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
- Fig. 6. The Use of Doubling in The Restless
- Fig. 7. Visual Markers in The Restless
- Fig. 8. Želimir Žilnik Directing Early Works
- Fig. 9. Raising Consciousness in Early Works
- Fig. 10. Želimir Žilnik Joking with his Cast During Production of Early Works
- Fig. 11. Witness to Murder in Awakening of the Rats
- Fig. 12. Dragan Nikolić and Ružica Sokić in When I am Dead and Pale
- Fig. 13. The Death of Jimmy in When I am Dead and Pale
- Fig. 14. The Death of Maciek in Ashes and Diamonds
- Fig. 15. Bekim Fehmiu and Olivera Vučo in The Feather Collectors
- Fig. 16. Hard Reality in Sombor in The Feather Collectors
- Fig. 17. Romani Culture in The Feather Collectors
- Fig. 18. Wanderers in Crows
- Fig. 19. Post-Industrial Products of Waste in Crows
- Fig. 20. Transitory Existence in Crows
- Fig. 21. Dragan Nikolić in Horoscope
- Fig. 22. Organizing Body Clocks in Horoscope
- Fig. 23. Milena Dravić in WR: Mysteries of the Organism
- Fig. 24. Dušan Makavejev Directing Milena Dravić in WR: Mysteries of the Organism
- Fig. 25. Three (1965)
- Fig. 26. Workers’ Hands in Man is Not a Bird
- Fig. 27. Imprisoned in Red Grain
- Fig. 28. The Catastrophic Fate of Women in The Return
- Fig. 29. Death in The Return
- Fig. 30. Ljuba Tadić and Bata Stojković in The Inmates
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