Emir Kusturica

[jbeall]

Thanks for posting that, toddly6666. I've been waiting for years to get Time of the Gypsies on dvd, so I may just order the Korean version.

For those who haven't seen it, I think it's more in the vein of Arizona Dream than his more manic films (although there's certainly a manic energy to parts of this film, too), and it has the simply stunning St. George's Day ceremony in the river (a cinematic quotation of the pagan ceremony in Andrei Rublev) and at least as phenomenal a score as Underground. Goran Bregovic's "Ederlezi" is in pretty regular rotation on my itunes.

Underground is a close second for me, and I've liked all the Kusturica I've seen, but Time of the Gypsies is just such a magical film that it's a travesty there isn't a R1 version available in the year 2010.

[goodguy]

Time of the Gypsies is not only my favorite Kusturica, but my favorite movie ever (as much as such a thing is possible).

I also have the French DVD of his 2007 "punk" adaptation for the Parisian Opera, but it has no English subtitles. Featuring almost completely new music by Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra, it is much lighter in tone and more folkloristic, but it has some wonderful moments.

An unofficial trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQCNlHYDBo

St. George's Day scene as staged in the opera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GXIBxz9wcw

[toddly6666]

Time of the Gypsies is not only my favorite Kusturica, but my favorite movie ever (as much as such a thing is possible).

I also have the French DVD of his 2007 "punk" adaptation for the Parisian Opera, but it has no English subtitles. Featuring almost completely new music by Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra, it is much lighter in tone and more folkloristic, but it has some wonderful moments.

The punk opera is available with English subtitles on Yugoslavian DVD: http://www.yu4you.com/Time-of-the-Gypsi ... vd,2141,en" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And regarding the Korean DVD, I really don't know if it's an official DVD or not, but the English subtitles are pretty poor. I was waiting for this dvd forever as well. But this Korean DVD is anamorphic at least (with fair video as well). It's my all-time favorite movie ever also!

[therewillbeblus]

For Time Of The Gypsies, do people generally recommend the theatrical cut or the TV cut?

[TechnicolorAcid]

For Time Of The Gypsies, do people generally recommend the theatrical cut or the TV cut?

I haven’t seen either cut so I can’t speak for myself but the general consensus seems to be that the theatrical cut is more concise than the TV version and has a lot less unnecessary stuff added to it

[therewillbeblus]

That's what google AI says but it seems based off a single post on a message board that got no responses.. when I actually do a search I can't find any other commentary about it

[TechnicolorAcid]

That's what google AI says but it seems based off a single post on a message board that got no responses.. when I actually do a search I can't find any other commentary about it

This was what I was basing my answer on and it seems to come from a big fan of the film so I’d like to believe it’s fairly reliable:
https://martinteller.wordpress.com/2008 ... rewatch-2/