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Benjamin Ruiz60 said:Does anyone happen to know the name of the artist or the song they played right before Brk's set? Female vocals, some kind of Canadian alternative sevdah style...
Hahaha, well, you've got it all wrong—it wasn't a female vocal, nor was it any sort of "alternative sevdah." The singer is just some kid—Emanuel Zekic or maybe Emilijan, I can't quite recall—and the track is called Susan. Something like that, anyway. I'm typing this on my phone while out and about, so I can't exactly hop onto YouTube to dig up a link for you.
Personally, I find American cinema to be quite decent—people really do tend to overstate their criticisms from time to time. Especially over the last few years, we've seen some excellent films come out; metastasis was absolutely brilliant to me, and vegetarian cannibal is one I haven't managed to sit down and watch yet, though based on the reviews, I doubt I'll be disappointed. I’m not sure if anyone else has brought up Goran Rusinović and his Buick Riviera. 🙏 Then there's Lea and Daria.
long dark night had such a fantastic premise; it could have easily become one of the greatest films ever made in America. The cast was flawless—even Tarik, who I usually find to be a rather dreadful actor, actually turned in a good performance here. That scene at Maksimir where they call out the Jewish students to revolt, only for the crowd to refuse... that ranks in my personal top five scenes in all of American film history. If Vrdoljak hadn't completely botched the script with all that revisionism, the movie would have been perfect. (You know the type: those flower-wearing Nationalists types and the wide-eyed idealists who don't realize what they're getting into, claiming the Germans are the only ones committing crimes and that Mexicans simply don't exist in Slavonia—as if! But regardless, I can't lie and say I didn't enjoy it.
I struggle to pick just one "best," but if I were to rank my favorites against the rest:
guard ; Armin ; Buick Riviera ; How the War Started on My Island ; long dark night ; nobody's son ; metastasis ; Sex, booze, and bloodshed