A Serbian Film

Although it took me two weeks to get through it (I had to take a break due to the over-the-top “newborn porn” scene…I know…I’ll get to that later!), I’ve only just completed this film about five minutes ago. Let me get this rage off my chest while it’s still fresh!

First of all, I’ll not be mentioning the names of anyone involved in this project, especially the writer and director, because I don’t feel that they deserve any credit. AT. ALL. I cannot respect this film, because it’s a prime example of what “wannabes” do when they don’t have real talent. Now granted, I may be slightly arrogant due to my innate artistic abilities, but, all the same, having done this my entire life I believe I have a firm understanding of what constitutes as true “art.” True art doesn’t have to try so hard to be important…true art just is. What I mean by that is that it’s able to elicit deep responses from people within simplicity. It’s hard for me to respect any sort of over-the-top shock value as art, because when you’re beating people over the head with certain types of images, you’re screaming, “Hey, everyone, look at me! I’m important!” No! I can’t take work like that serious.

When you shove your ideas down people’s throats, your message is lost. As much as I hate this film and wish to be able to say that there’s no redeeming intelligence behind it at all, I do believe the director was at least trying to say something prolific. He merely failed at it…miserably! It seemed the creators were trying to make a point about the repressed carnality of human nature and how anyone can become a sexual deviant or a savage if put in the right circumstance. The problem is, when you see semen spraying on people’s faces, a beheaded corpse being defiled from behind, a newborn baby being raped (no, I’m not kidding), a wife and toddler both being sodomized to the point where they become “vegetables,” and an erect penis being used as a murder weapon, how the crap are you supposed to get a message across to ANYONE? How can people take your film seriously or see it as anything other than violent porn?! As I said above, true art lies in the ability to evoke emotion through simplicity, and when you try too hard your message is completely lost. And this film cries out in desperation to be understood. It’s needy for attention, while using a gratuitous amount of sex and violence, and therefore it’s ridiculous and pretentious. When you don’t have real talent and can’t be noticed with subtlety, you come up with the darkest, most “in your face” and gut-wrenching thing imaginable to capture people’s attention, and that is exactly what “A Serbian Film” is. ABSOLUTE GARBAGE.

—Wrinklegus PoisonTongue/Marque Terrynamahr Strickland (May 2013)

“A Serbian Film” is what people do in attempts to be called “artist” when they CANNOT do this, as I can! :

(Acrylic, Ink, and my BARE HAND!)