DuÅ¡an Makavejev (Serbian Cyrillic: Ð"ушан Макавејев,
Serbian pronunciation: [dÇ"ʃan makaʋɛ̌jɛʋ]) (13 October 1932 â€"
25 January 2019) was a Serbian film director and screenwriter, famous
for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and
early 1970sâ€"many of which belong to the Black Wave. Makavejev's most
internationally successful film was the 1971 political satire W.R.:
Mysteries of the Organism, which he both directed and
wrote.Makavejev's first three feature films, Man Is Not a Bird (1965,
starring actress and icon of the "black wave" period in film, Milena
Dravić), Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator
(1967, starring actress and icon of the "black wave" period in film,
Eva Ras) and Innocence Unprotected (1968), all won him international
acclaim. The latter won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the
Jury at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1970 he was a
member of the jury at the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. In
1991 he was a member of the jury at the 17th Moscow International Film
Festival.His 1971 movie W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (starring
Milena Dravić, Jagoda Kaloper, and Ivica Vidović) was banned in
Yugoslavia due to its sexual and political content. The political
scandal surrounding Makavejev's film was symptomatic of an
increasingly oppressive political climate in Yugoslavia that
effectively ended the director's domestic career and resulted in his
leaving Yugoslavia to live and work abroad in Europe and North
America. Makavejev's next film, Sweet Movie (1974), was the first
feature work that the director produced entirely outside of Yugoslavia
(the film was made in Canada). Sweet Movie's explicit depiction of sex
together with its bold treatment of the more taboo dimensions of
sexuality reduced the size of the film's audience (i.e. it was largely
confined to the art house context) and also resulted in the film's
being censored in several countries.After a seven-year hiatus in
feature film production, Makavejev released the comparatively more
conventional black comedy entitled Montenegro (1981). The director's
next feature film, The Coca-Cola Kid (1985), which was based on short
stories by Frank Moorhouse and featured performances by Eric Roberts
and Greta Scacchi, is arguably his most accessible picture.
Serbian pronunciation: [dÇ"ʃan makaʋɛ̌jɛʋ]) (13 October 1932 â€"
25 January 2019) was a Serbian film director and screenwriter, famous
for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and
early 1970sâ€"many of which belong to the Black Wave. Makavejev's most
internationally successful film was the 1971 political satire W.R.:
Mysteries of the Organism, which he both directed and
wrote.Makavejev's first three feature films, Man Is Not a Bird (1965,
starring actress and icon of the "black wave" period in film, Milena
Dravić), Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator
(1967, starring actress and icon of the "black wave" period in film,
Eva Ras) and Innocence Unprotected (1968), all won him international
acclaim. The latter won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the
Jury at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1970 he was a
member of the jury at the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. In
1991 he was a member of the jury at the 17th Moscow International Film
Festival.His 1971 movie W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (starring
Milena Dravić, Jagoda Kaloper, and Ivica Vidović) was banned in
Yugoslavia due to its sexual and political content. The political
scandal surrounding Makavejev's film was symptomatic of an
increasingly oppressive political climate in Yugoslavia that
effectively ended the director's domestic career and resulted in his
leaving Yugoslavia to live and work abroad in Europe and North
America. Makavejev's next film, Sweet Movie (1974), was the first
feature work that the director produced entirely outside of Yugoslavia
(the film was made in Canada). Sweet Movie's explicit depiction of sex
together with its bold treatment of the more taboo dimensions of
sexuality reduced the size of the film's audience (i.e. it was largely
confined to the art house context) and also resulted in the film's
being censored in several countries.After a seven-year hiatus in
feature film production, Makavejev released the comparatively more
conventional black comedy entitled Montenegro (1981). The director's
next feature film, The Coca-Cola Kid (1985), which was based on short
stories by Frank Moorhouse and featured performances by Eric Roberts
and Greta Scacchi, is arguably his most accessible picture.
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