YUGOSLAV BLACK WAVE

By: Bobby Wise

The golden age of Yugoslav cinema. These are the key directors that represent the Black Wave:
Dusan Makavejev, Zivojin Pavlovic, Aleksandar Petrovic, Zelimir Zilnik

The Cineaste interview with Zelimir Zilnik, featuring some key information about the Black Wave:
http://bit.ly/8YjHSH

Here’s an interesting article on Makavejev’s “WR: Mysteries of the Organism” from the journal Afterall, also with some contextual information on the Black Wave:
http://www.afterall.org/journal/issue.18/behind.velvet.curtain.remembering.dusan.makavejevs

A nice review of the Eclipse set release of Makavejev’s films, from the website Art Margins:
http://www.artmargins.com/index.php/6-film-a-video/583-dusan-makavejev-free-radical-eclipse-series-18-the-criterion-collection-2010-dvd-review

Jonathan Rosenbaum’s Criterion Collection essay on Makavejev’s “WR: Mysteries of the Organism”:
http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/?p=24958

From the online journal Jump Cut, a unique visual essay titled “Serbian Cutting” along with a written essay to accompany it. The subject is Makavejev and many of his Black Wave films, particularly the editing strategies used within them.
http://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/deCuirSerbia/index.html

Richard Porton’s conflation of Makavejev’s “WR” with anarchist principles.
http://www.lolajournal.com/1/wr.html

A review of Karpo Godina’s contributions to the Black Wave.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/05/salute-your-shorts-karpo-godinas-yugoslavian-black.html

A detailed research article on Zilnik that features rare information on the German period of his career.
http://www.suedslavistik-online.de/02/kilkkamann.pdf

Great Senses of Cinema article on Makavejev’s film “Man is Not a Bird” which briefly mentions the Black Wave and tries to offer “dark” readings of the film:
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2009/49/man-is-not-a-bird/

A very interesting review of Pavlovic’s “When I am Dead and Pale” that discusses the Black Wave the the political and cultural economy of Yugoslavia in the 60s.
http://www.pagesmagazine.net/2006/daily_pages.php?lang=en&date=2009-03-01