The Cinema of Emir Kusturica: Notes from the Underground

Goran Gocic

Notes from the Underground: The Cinema of Emir Kusturica is the first book on the Sarajevan film-maker to be published in English. With six highly acclaimed films to his credit, Kusturica is already established as one of the most important of contemporary filmmakers. Underground won the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival and Arizona Dream with Johnny Depp won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. Including his most recent film, Black Cat, White Cat, this book delves into diverse facets of Kusturica's work, all of which is passionately dedicated to the marginal and the outcast.

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About the Author

Goran Gocic is a contributor to Sight and Sound, Variety’s International Film Guide, The Independent, and BBC World. He has most recently written on Andy Warhol and media representation of the Kosovo crisis.

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