SRPSKI FILM meets INVINCIBLE
The distributor plans to release the controversial film in the US next year.
Invincible Pictures has swooped to take North American rights to A Serbian Film, one on the most controversial films in the market.
A Serbian Film (sold by Jinga) has already been pulled from two festivals because of its violence and extreme imagery. In the UK, where it will be released by Revolver, the film has provoked a fierce row about censorship. Invincible is planning on distributing A Serbian Film in US theatres next year.
“We are planning a release in early 2011 in theatres. We’re not sure how wide yet. We are going to take it out as wide as we can,” Invincible’s Thomas Ashley said.
The company has already been in talks with some independent exhibitors, who will be willing to show the film in its full uncut version. However, Ashley acknowledged that bigger chains will require an R-rated version. Further down the line, Invincible will release the full film in an unrated DVD version.
A Serbian Film has been eliciting extreme responses wherever it has been shown. One of Ashley’s colleagues fainted at a market screening of the film in Cannes. However, Ashley fiercely defends the picture.
“Everybody likes to say it’s an exploitation film. I really don’t see that, especially after talking to the film-makers. Shocking and disturbing as it is, this is really a well-made film. Everything that happens in the movie happens for a purpose,” Ashley said. “I just thought it was a really good movie. It definitely sets itself apart from the Hostels and some of the other torture porn…I’ve never had a movie affect me in the way this film did. Whether you like it or you don’t like it, it has been a long time since I’ve sat and watched a movie and had that kind of an emotional reaction to it.”
Invincible Pictures has an exclusive deal with Showtime to show the R-rated version. They’re also going to be rolling the film out on video on demand and on mobile devices via a service called FlixFling.
posted by doba_nevinosti at 7:02 AM
4 Comments:
E, zbog ''Srpskog filma'' ima da naučim engleski.
Zbog "Srpskog filma" treba uvesti i žanr "političke šamarčine".
evo sta kaže El Pais via google translt:
Although the film has been censored has received a Special Jury Award at the Festival of "becoming, without being a symbol of freedom of expression", as reported by the organizers.
Au bre pa ja sam mislio da ovaj blog ima ikakvu kriticku vrednost... upravo sam pogledao srpski fil i mogu da kazem da je to jedan od jadnijih i slabijih filmova u skorije vreme. pa jebem ti vas par jadnih "kriticara" kad ste ovakve pickice... Srpski film je jako, jako slab FILM majku mu, osnovni elementi filma su jadni i pritom uopste nije ni kontraverzan. Pa jebote gde vam je OSNOVNO ZNANJE ISTORIJE FILMA, pa nije za dzabe Clockwork Orange kontraverzan lejmeri jadni. Pa bre ceo ovaj film i sav vestacki "hype" oko njega nisu vredni jednog frejma nekog ozbiljnog i kvalitetnog "kontraverznog" filma. Eee, ako je ista jadnije od rezisera koji se lozio dok je snimao ovo govance jesu "kriticari" u srbiji koji mu jadni drze svecu dok sere.
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