Emir Kusturica, the internationally acclaimed Serbian film director, participated at the 50th KNE-Odigitis Festival in Thessaloniki, where he was the keynote speaker in a public discussion titled “25 years since the war in Yugoslavia – When Art resists barbarism”.
The event, held on Thursday 12/9, was attended by the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Dimitris Koutsoumbas and hundreds of party friends, workers and festival's visitors.
As “Rizospastis” reported, Kusturica expressed his pleasure for being among communists, noting that it's hopeful that there are Communist Parties like the KKE in Greece, so that “we can distinguish the Left from the fake left”.
Referring to the war in Yugoslavia, the film director said that Serbia was one of the countries that resisted globalization and that was the reason behind Milosevic' imprisonment and murder. “But today, Serbia is a heaven for investors but not for morality”, Kusturica underlined and added: “Now we have a government that supports investors and gives them money to invest and from being the first country to resist globalization we have become the country that supports it”.
The acclaimed director also referred to the competition of the imperialist powers for dominance in world politics and the suffering it brings to the peoples. On the occasion of the war in Ukraine, Emir Kusturica mentioned the role of fascism and the Nazis as tools of of the big capital throughout time and the support they always receive from it.
As for the communist ideology, Kusturica praised its power which, as he said, manages to express the emotion and reason of the Mediterranean people, as well as to share altruism and positively intervene in people's lives.
Being one of the most distinguished modern European film directors who frequently expresses harsh criticism towards Hollywood film industry, Kusturica has won multiple awards including two Palme d' Or at Cannes Film Festival, while he is particularly known for the films “Underground”, “When Father Was Away on Business”, “Time of the Gypsies” and “Arizona Dream”.
Referring to the war in Yugoslavia, the film director said that Serbia was one of the countries that resisted globalization and that was the reason behind Milosevic' imprisonment and murder. “But today, Serbia is a heaven for investors but not for morality”, Kusturica underlined and added: “Now we have a government that supports investors and gives them money to invest and from being the first country to resist globalization we have become the country that supports it”.
The acclaimed director also referred to the competition of the imperialist powers for dominance in world politics and the suffering it brings to the peoples. On the occasion of the war in Ukraine, Emir Kusturica mentioned the role of fascism and the Nazis as tools of of the big capital throughout time and the support they always receive from it.
As for the communist ideology, Kusturica praised its power which, as he said, manages to express the emotion and reason of the Mediterranean people, as well as to share altruism and positively intervene in people's lives.
Being one of the most distinguished modern European film directors who frequently expresses harsh criticism towards Hollywood film industry, Kusturica has won multiple awards including two Palme d' Or at Cannes Film Festival, while he is particularly known for the films “Underground”, “When Father Was Away on Business”, “Time of the Gypsies” and “Arizona Dream”.
