Story about the group of eccentric Dadaist artists in a small Serbian town in the 1920s.Story about the group of eccentric Dadaist artists in a small Serbian town in the 1920s.Story about the group of eccentric Dadaist artists in a small Serbian town in the 1920s.
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Olga Kacjan
- Kristina Polic
- (as Olga Kacijan)
Vladislav Kacanski
- Resni gospod
- (as Vladislav Kaæanski)
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anticlimax of the underdogs
The Medusa Raft is yet another movie where i'd feel uncomfortable to attach a number of stars to it's title. Sure, this would make comparing on IMDb easier, but would also be unjust to this somewhat forgotten Yugoslav movie.
At the very beginning it will be obvious that the story would end in tears. And if you're patient enough you'll find a surprise in the end credits. Namely, there you'd see this list of people upon whose writing The Medusa Raft has been based with that of Ljubomir Micic sticking out. Although largely forgotten in the countries of former Yugoslavia, he'd been on the frontline of European avant-garde art between World Wars.
But this also gives you an idea about the authors' intentions. Not only that contemporaries have been cited, there is a sense of overall realism in the movie. And the difference in tempo of life then and now explains why your patience is needed.
More than that, the protagonists are behaving strangely and feeling insulted when called artists. Not shy of their leftist leanings, their deeds were extreme for the times they'd lived in. Which gives you another flavor of the times depicted. From today's viewpoint this might have been a harmless and bizarre performance. But back then it could have costed your career and, even worse, might have ruined your reputation.
And in an ironical twist of fate, Second World War not only erased their castles of air but also changed the world in the way they'd never imagined.
At the very beginning it will be obvious that the story would end in tears. And if you're patient enough you'll find a surprise in the end credits. Namely, there you'd see this list of people upon whose writing The Medusa Raft has been based with that of Ljubomir Micic sticking out. Although largely forgotten in the countries of former Yugoslavia, he'd been on the frontline of European avant-garde art between World Wars.
But this also gives you an idea about the authors' intentions. Not only that contemporaries have been cited, there is a sense of overall realism in the movie. And the difference in tempo of life then and now explains why your patience is needed.
More than that, the protagonists are behaving strangely and feeling insulted when called artists. Not shy of their leftist leanings, their deeds were extreme for the times they'd lived in. Which gives you another flavor of the times depicted. From today's viewpoint this might have been a harmless and bizarre performance. But back then it could have costed your career and, even worse, might have ruined your reputation.
And in an ironical twist of fate, Second World War not only erased their castles of air but also changed the world in the way they'd never imagined.
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- dragokin
- Nov 28, 2016
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- Das Floß der Medusa
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- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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