Writing Term Paper of course Dev 571: Gender and Development
Story of a stag movie: “A Serbian film”
Submitted to:
Dr. A. I. Mahbub Uddin Ahmed Department of Economics Master of Development Studies
North South University
Submitted by:
Md. Mohsin Khan ID: 1120914051 Department of Economics Masters of development Studies
North South University
Introduction:
I choose this film for the assignment to give you some idea of child rape, extreme rape, drug use and necrophilia while I believe; other will talk about development of women. This movie will give people some idea about what can happen to people you. The idea could be a fiction but fiction but it is human obsession that can take your thinking to a whole new level. However, when I got the chance to watch this flick I was star struck and blown away by the fact that it's still possible to go even further with the torture porn genre. I honestly don't think many films will be able to surpass this film as far as gore-wise. It may be possible that they can surpass this film; however, it won't be too far off from this film.
'A Serbian Film' undoubtedly runs for the title of the yuckiest film ever. It's definitely reveling in the very muck it pretends to criticize, i.e. the complete and total moral decay of our times. I would have very much favored an incorporation of the (presumably Western) consumers of the kind of pornography it deals with, for that remains the film's weakest aspect: the social commentary is quite accurate, but not sufficiently explored.
Yet, 'A Serbian Film' is still unmistakably a piece of art. The technical specs are top-notch for such a limited budget. The acting, especially Sergej Trifunovic as psychiatrist-turned-porn producer Vukmir, is nothing short of (disturbingly) wonderful. And most important of all: the underlying anger appears to be real.
Now let’s talk about this movie.
Starring:
Srdan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Slobodan Betic, Katarina utic, Andela Nenadovic, Ana Sakic, Lidija Pletl, Lena Bogdanovic, Luka Mijatovic, Nenad Herakovic, Carni Ðeric, Miodrag Krcmarik, Tanja Divnic, Marina Savic and Nataa Milju.
Directed By:
Plot:
According to the name this is a movie from Serbia, which is a graphic horror movie. it is about a once beloved and now a retire porn star who is a bit down on his luck now but gets a big break only to find that it will destroy the every being of him and his family. Due to extremely graphic violent and pornographic portrayal, it was severely criticized and even banned in most of the countries.
My point of view towards this movie:
This movie falls in between those two extremes. I am not praising this move very much for that side but it does make a point while following this very 'fantasy torture porn making' that doesn't actually exist but it shows in contrast what happens in that country. This movie became the victim of its own negative buzz. The violence content in this movie does go over at many places where it doesn't need to so that does bothers me a little but it doesn't take away from the overall experience. I thought it was a horror thriller and it does have a really powerful impact on you and the result is when you finish watching this movie, either you really don't get the whole thing and leave with a very *what the hell was all that* attitude or you really enjoy and get thrilled by the whole experience. If this movie is what people call, a Horror Porn shocker, than yes it was the best I have seen tell yet
extremely graphic rape scenes usually make a negative impact on the viewer, because they are horrific and unpleasant subjects. Using babies and children does not make it artistic, independent of your cultural origins - although some people claim that it is art. I saw another review of this film that evidently recognized genuine "art" in every single frame I, like some of the other reviewers -have happily watched horror and exploitation movies for years - but so what? It doesn't make any difference whatsoever. Sub-genres come and go, and the recent tide of shocking torture films are more akin to a test of the viewer's resolve, than the slices of entertainment they used to be. Fair enough - if you don't like them then don't watch. I am a film fan. I definitely love film. I just don't love this kind of film, or the thinly veiled attempts to disguise absolute exploitation as something profound.
Findings:
- Very detailed description of a woman who got tied to a bed and repeatedly hit while being raped and slaughtered
- Rape (and murder?) of a newborn baby girl, straight out the mother's womb
- Hitting Women
- A woman having all her teeth knocked out being forced to perform oral sex and getting choked by a penis through holding her nose
- Implication of raping a woman with a metal tube and showing her obvious death through bleeding out
- Rape of a male child by his father with graphic details of blood spraying from his anus to his thighs
- Rape of a woman by her husbands brother right next to the boy being raped by his father
- Implication of necrophilia in the final scene after the main character (Milos) kills himself, his wife and his son with a bullet
Conclusion:
A Serbian Film shows the political state, movies and porn industry of that place. This is not the only movie of its genre; Eli Roth’s Hostel is another example of eastern European socio-economic situation. and also that one common man with a family and what he does or what he is made to do in order to survive and live a peaceful or prosperous life and in that way he ultimately go deep and deep into his own self destruction. Hence it shows politics of the country, politics of the movies or porn industry. There are higher powers that control the fate of everything happening. Movies are just pieces of trash that are being made but not cared. This movie starts very much like other movies do and slowly reveals the ugly and angry side of it that just takes you with it a like a storm. You are not able to for a moment relax or have a moment as after a few minutes, this movie becomes one of the most shocking movies you will ever see. i really was scared for a while because all those crazy insane images were in my head and weren't leaving. The performance of the lead actor was good. Screenplay was a bit weak at places and also the plot but when it picks up, you are not able to even look back for a moment.