Pajiba

What the fuck WAS that?! Aaaaaugh.

wa.. wow

Who thought that...why would you...and then someone said...and why agree to be in...that's...me feels sick now...

So...it's a film about snuff films? At least, that's what I'm gathering. Kind of reminds me of 8mm only on a more extreme level. In other words instead of showing us the dark underbelly of that society it is actually showing us that society.

I know I should keep my mouth shut and go stand in a corner but I actually didn't think the trailer was that bad. The brutality wasn't higher then I've seen in other films. The story seems kind of retarded (it says something if 8mm looks better...you even have the guy in the mask...hello Machine). To me the trailer just made it seem like an excuse to show sex, a lot of tits, and a reason to make pornography into an actual movie. All of it set to some crappy techno. Plus I think they showed the same scene of him with the machete over the girl he is having sex with like 5 times. We get the point...let me guess...he's going to chop her up while having sex with her? I mean, when you show a woman giving what apparently was a painful blowjob get slapped in the face...then get a cum facial...what are you trying to achieve?

Although I think that was the first trailer/film I can recall that shows a man pissing blood.

So I was already feeling pretty disturbed and gross about myself after watching that trailer, but I wanted to know what the hell the point of the movie was. So I trotted on over to imdb and looked at a spoiler in the comments section. And now I think I might be ill. Let's just say (for me) this goes beyond the clitorectomy of Antichrist and all of the assy-mouthy-attachy-ness of The Human Centipede. I don't know whether to go cry or barf now.

The other half was like Black Book but without the nazis and the all the feces.

Well, b. Now I'll have to mosey on over to IMDB and gross myself out. I'm such a masochist sometimes, guh.

Well, shit. Now I've got that look on my face again and dry heaving in my future. Stupid curiosity, making me kill the cat that is my brain.

Woah, b, are you talking about [edited for spoilers - TK]?

I saw that and actually laughed (I know, I'm a horrible person) because I totally had a what the fuck moment. Like...what the fuck? What? Why? Then I saw that when they talked to the filmmakers they literally just wanted to make a movie that was shocking.

In other words...I don't even have a desire to see this movie. And that really says something. Although I have no doubt I will likely see it at some point.

Thanks for the warning, b, but my stupidity moves really fast sometimes.

DeistBrawler - Funny that the filmmakers said they just wanted to make a film that was shocking... One of the commenters on imdb said something to the effect that after they heard the director talk about the movie, they felt it had so much more depth or meaning or whatever. Maybe said commenter was a little impaired somehow.
And you laughed at that scene?! Ack! You have a stronger tummy than me, methinks.

Wow... just wow... I made it through Salo, but I can honestly say that from the spoilers online, this sounds (a.) worse and (b.) OH MY GOD, SO MUCH WORSE.

I made a perfect sandwich just now. Honey maple turkey, muenster cheese, a delicious spicy brown mustard and crisp green lettuce. A perfect sandwich that is RUINED NOW! My computer decided to pause the video on the childbith part and GROSS BABY HEADS COMING OUT OF VAGINAS do not make me want FINISH MY FUCKING SANDWICH.

Now I am off to work, starving and just a wee bit pissed off. Also, did I mention I work in a gun store? Do you see what you have done Pajiba, DO YOU???

I can't contain my curiousity either and I'm a glutton for punishment

*heads to IMDb*

Hmm, I'm not seeing any spoilers on IMDB. Must be hidden somewhere. lol.

I dated a Dutch Serbian girl once and half of it was exactly like this trailer.

The other half was like Black Book but without the nazis and the all the feces.

Posted by: Kissing Girls Makes You Sleepy at March 22, 2010 11:56 AM

*Stands up and applauds*

No. I've only even looked at Human Centipede once, only made it halfway through Hostel, and made it to the little girl in the Alice dress before I freaked and had to stop it. Maybe it was just the image, but that shit creeped me right the fuck out.

...Mom???

The Serbs told you they were hardcore.

Didn't watch, not curious. Gore and porn, together... Wow, two of the least-sexiest things ever, combined into one boner-killing (or vagina-drying) flick? No thanks.

Wait, so that wasn't even the red band trailer?

For the curious there's a spoilerish review on IFC's website...more spoilers on the IMDB forums. Seems like a good old fashioned time at the cinema. Yep.

The added shame is that it looks like the filmmaker has actual talent. Pity he used it for pure evil

Why?
Why do you show us these things? I didn't think it could get any worse than the centipede. Was that a dare to you? I didn't even watch the trailer, I only read the spoiler. I seriously, SERIOUSLY, do not need to be made aware of this garbage! Please don't do this again. No more centipedes, no more Serbs. Please, just don't.

you always have to wonder where people will "go next," what with the elevation of violence/sex in movies/tv/media... and this appears to be the answer.

i read it was supposed to be a metaphor, and i get that the *really really bad thing that happens* is obviously a metaphor for the fact that Serbs have no choices from birth, and that being born is an undeserved punishment.

SPOILER

since no one else is saying it', it's that the newborn baby is raped to death. which... i don't know. i know people like babies, and it's sad and all, but i've never felt that the death of a newborn is as sad as say, an 18 year old on his/her way to college.

i'm just grasping at straws trying to rationalize. i don't know what the fuck this thing is or why it exists.

I haven't watched the trailer and I'm not going to. But what is, I'm guessing, more disturbing than the trailer is the number of comments on various sites of people who say some variation of "Awesome! I can't wait to see it!" even after they've read spoilers.

Have we sunk to a new low as the human race, or has this shit been going on since the dawn of man and now we just have film to spread it worldwide?

, the review at Cinematical said it best
http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/16/sxsw-review-serbian-film/

"Let me put my cards on the table: this movie depicts some acts that I think should not be depicted. I don't mean legally: as a free speech absolutist, I would never advocate for anything being banned, no matter how awful, so long as no one is actually hurt. But I do think -- or am starting to think -- that filmmakers have a moral obligation not to show certain things unless they are prepared to seriously grapple with their real-world consequences. Like Michael Haneke's Funny Games, Serbian Film is interested not in the substance of the images it puts on the screen, but in the images themselves: their power and their effect on us. This is perfectly legitimate, but in this particular case a line has been crossed. If saying that is moralistic and unprogressive, so be it."

While my views are a little more absolutist (Funny Games imo should be held to the same rule but I guess I'm a prude), overall I agree with his point. It's one thing to seek shock, it's quite another to pretend that protagonists can do these things, then just move on to the next scene with little consideration to what just happened. "Then it got worse" just doesn't cut it.

Man, I haven't been able to walk away from this all day. Thanks a lot TK, thank you RIGHT IN THE FACE!!!

Oh. My. Fuck.

These people can not be serious. Someone out there heard the pitch for this monstrosity and said, "Yes. Yes, I'll fund this film. Sounds brilliant."

the real question is : what'll be next?

At this point, I really just don't care. I'm desensitised enough to not be horrified or surprised. My only reaction is disappointment. We've reached a point where everything has been done, so any filmmaker trying to make a film like this under the guise of metaphor and trying to make a statement is really just chasing a fool's errand.

At the end of the day, all they've really done is put tits and blood on film for the billionth time. You've accomplished nothing. You've contributed nothing. You've said nothing. And now you'll sit back and note that you've grossed people out, offended some and bored others and chalk it up as a successful social study. It's a cute delusion, but no, you've just put tits and blood on film. That's it. Kudos.

And I'm a guy that enjoyed Antichrist.

You really saw nothing in Antichrist beyond shock value? Hell, at least the story of Antichrist was about death, loss, responsibility, guilt and other such light and fun topics. Plus it benefitted from amazing cinematography and top notch performances from Dafoe and Gainsburg.

Perhaps I am judging a film I haven't seen too harshly, but I don't see how "retired porn star gets tricked into being in an uber-snuff film" could possibly carry the same kind of power that the story of Antichrist had.

Indeed as this may have all the sex and gore in it like every other "horror" movie out there today this one is different and as it is mainly about sex hence "the guy works for the porno biz" it actually has a real true meaning. The film shows the true horrors the directors themselves have seen from their war torn country. Something most people haven't even thought of. And they are very artistic. Don't let nudity make you believe they aren't artistic. Have an open mind. And for those of you who "are sick and cant watch it" you know its all fake :/ grow a pair of balls and get over it.

....well, not a good thing to watch while you're pondering what to have for breakfast, I imagine.

I don't see what the big deal is. It's all acting. The general consensus seems to be "DUDE RAPES A BABY", but I can't find any spoilers to support or deny it. Still, it's not my kind of movie, so I won't be trying to find it if it gets released.

I've seen it twice now in between 3 days. I didn't know a thing about the topic or anything concerning the hype etc...All i knew was his name "A Serbian Film" and something about porn when i watched it the first time.I don't know how many movies I've seen in my life-it must be thousands-and special ones from a man with a movie camera from Dziga Vertov to Baise-moi, ex drummer, Martyrs, Salo or Gummo or Eternal Sunshine of a spotless Mind or Alexandra's Project or, Lynch Movies or Haneke’s or whatever there is- and furthermore any kind of movie not just gory and weird stuff .I could go on and on with titles but would never come up with the experience a Serbian film was to me. I just watched it again an hour ago still thinking of the impact this "Masterpiece" has on you. And it is not like people wrote above just a sickening film and one to be banned and punished-no it's one of the most intelligent films I've seen lately or this Year .It is an film you have to watch at least twice or even more-each viewing brings out little details missed in the seeing before-and i don't mean gory Details or stuff like this-i mean criticism and statements in different ways not only for Serbia but for all countries. I wouldn't want to mention any examples before you've seen it yourself-but up to now i said that Donnie Darko or Survive Style 5+ or Ex Drummer are the films I honor the most- now i must say a Serbian film comes even first or at least somewhere between the others! This is, quite simply, a flat-out brilliant film. There are definately no unimportant scenes. A Serbian Film is a piece of Art-but one that is going far beyond Insanity and Exquisitness-pushing the boundaries that were left ..I'd say the weirdest and hardest graphic Film I've ever seen on one hand-but on the other hand a MASTERPIECE in directing, editing, acting, lighting, screenwriting, scoring and creating pictures in it's most extreme artificial and artistic way.....watch it if you dare.. It's sick and twisted and....just Unbelievable!!!!
A comment to all these people who haven't seen the film but talking about punishing the Director for it's content-to all those let be said-watch it first -if you dare- and then TALK!!
A Serbian Film hit me too like a shot of adrenaline to the body and brain. Emotional, angry and intense having no words, this might be one of the best films I've seen in a long time and will see in the future. Watching it the second time I can say it is even more.