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...word one wouldn't normally apply to a war film set on the Bosnia-Serbian border. And one could choke on the laughs that Tanovic evokes, at the co(s)mic absurdity of this or any war. But the novice director has devised a devious satire, in which everyone is splendidly misguided, from the ethnic enemies who wind up in the same trench to the French and British U.N. soldiers who try helplessly to impose peace on centuries of fratricide...
...festival's Sunday climax, veterans were guessing that the jury, headed by actress Liv Ullmann, would award prizes to Nanni Moretti's The Son's Room, Joel Coen's The Man Who Wasn't There, Jacques Rivette's Va savoir (Who Knows) and the first-ever entry from Bosnia, Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land. Worthy films all?but the best of a mediocre bunch. There was no Crouching Tiger to send the collective spirit soaring, no Dancer in the Dark to set the critics at knifepoint. There was, however, a common thread in many Asian films. From...
...civil wars spiral out of control, sympathy for solitary victims gives way to a numb horror at the mounting carnage. Which, for anyone doubting the modern-day relevance of these works, is not so far from the reactions of television viewers barraged by blanket media coverage of atrocities in Bosnia or Rwanda...
...still unified Yugoslavia back in 1991 called it a state in the "process of dissolution." Well, it took 10 years of bloodshed, but the job is almost done. The original six Yugoslav republics have been whittled down to two. First Slovenia and Croatia went their own ways, then Bosnia withdrew, triggering the long siege of Sarajevo, then Macedonia managed to get out miraculously without violence. Now, with a seemingly minor election later this week in the small mountain republic of Montenegro, Serbia's remaining partner in the incredible shrinking federation is set to leave as well. That will close...
...Secession, should it take place, will likely trigger a new contest for power in Serbia between disparate members of the 18-party coalition led by Vojislav Kostunica. In the longer term, it could also encourage other breakaway groups, from ethnic Albanians in Macedonia to Croats in Bosnia...