Dušan Makavejev

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Dusan Makavejev, 1989

Dušan Makavejev ( Serbian - Cyrillic Душан Макавејев ; born October 13, 1932 in Belgrade ; † January 25, 2019 there ) was a Yugoslav or Serbian film director .

Life

Makavejev studied psychology and first made documentaries, from 1965 feature films that could be assigned to the Novi film . He received a Silver Bear at the 1968 Berlinale for his film Innocence Without Protection . After this success, festival director Alfred Bauer invited him to the 1970 Berlinale as a jury member. At this Berlinale he caused a stir when, after the premiere of the film ok by Michael Verhoeven and the resignation of jury president George Stevens, he appeared in front of the press and spoke of censorship. The jury resigned completely a little later and there were no winners at this Berlinale.

Makavejev's 1971 film WR - Mysteries of the Organism based on the theories of Wilhelm Reich was initially banned in Yugoslavia , but allowed again in the 1980s. Makavejev immigrated to the United States in the early 1970s and taught at Harvard University .

Self-description

Commenting on his way of making films, Makavejev said that “a guerrilla can use any weapon at his disposal: cobblestones, bullets, slogans, music. It's the same with film. We can use whatever falls into our hands: fiction, documentaries, cultural films, advertising. It doesn't matter the style. You have to take advantage of the element of surprise. "

Films (selection)

  • 1965: Man is not a bird (Čovek nije tica)
  • 1966: A Fall of Love (Ljubavni slučaj ili tragedija službenice PTT)
  • 1968: innocence without protection (Nevinost bez zaštite)
  • 1971: WR - Mysteries of the Organism (WR - Misterije organizma)
  • 1974: Sweet Movie (Sweet Movie)
  • 1981: The ballad of Lucy Jordan (Montenegro eller Pärlor och Svin)
  • 1985: Coca Cola Kid (The Coca Cola Kid)
  • 1988: Manifesto (Manifesto)
  • 1992: Gorilla bathes at Noon
  • 1996: Danske piger viser old

interview

  • Yugoslav Ambivalences (Interview) in: »1968« in Yugoslavia. Student protests and cultural avant-garde between 1960 and 1975. Conversations and documents , ed. by Boris Kanzleiter and Krunoslav Stojaković, 2008 ( ISBN 978-3-8012-4179-7 ), pp. 160–168

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Film director Makavejev died at the age of 87. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur , Kulturnachrichten. January 25, 2019, accessed January 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ WR - Misterije organizma / WR - The mysteries of the organism. In: absichtimkino.wordpress.com. April 1, 2011, accessed January 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Makavejev, Dušan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Макавејев, Душан (Serbian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav film director
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Belgrade
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 2019
Place of death Belgrade