July 23, 2009
Pretty scenes of the lives of gypsies on the banks of the Danube. More quirky Yugoslavian culture from Kusturica.
Bajram Severdzan,
Florijan Ajdini,
Salija Ibraimova,
Branka Katic,
Srdjan Todorovic
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Bosnian-born filmmaker Emir Kusturica made this farce, set in a Gypsy settlement along the banks of the Danube, where three generations of characters burst forth in manic and frenetic displays of char... read more
Directed by: Emir Kusturica
Release Date: September 10, 1999
Keywords:
la musica,
cat, white,
gypsy life,
white cat,
la musique,
eastern european,
Emir Kusturica
DVD Release Date: January 4, 2000
Stats: 1,192 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (1,192)
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August 1, 2007...is, I swear, a line of alien dialogue in Jabba's Palace early on in Return of the Jedi. It's when Luke first enters the palace robed in black and oozing confidence, possibly in an exchange with Jabba. Anybody remember this? Somebody must validate me!
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October 25, 2009Interesting movie with some good musical and comedic scenes. It reminded me a bit of Jodorowsky. Check it out.
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April 10, 2009this is a good movie, but you need subtitles to watch it. my grandma had to translate the movie for me
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June 22, 2008The most unusual love story I've ever witnessed on film, and it is so charming. The main love interest is between the tallest and shortest in the village, and I simply can't recommend it enough!
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June 22, 2008Bizarre, sure, and some really magnificently creative and stylish sets, however, this film is very long. Much of this time I was unclear what was supposed to be happening, or other times there were embarrassingly executed slapstick sequences. This might have been good at 75 minut... read more
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June 22, 2008One of the rowdiest, craziest, most rambunctious examples of filmic screwballery I've beheld...ever. Redefines "madcap," and its nonsensical plot only begets more nonsensical plot twists. How many more reactionary adjectives can I use here? Have I used "outrageous" yet? There... read more
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June 22, 2008Initially I wasn't certain what I was getting myself into, but roughly a third of the way into the film a light went on. I thought I understood crazy. I thought crazy was a concept with which I was well-aquainted. But, not until now have I come to truly understand the full pot... read more
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June 22, 2008Ja grizem, ?derem, re?im, derem
nju?im, stenjem, jedem, serem
Ja lajem ,grebem, sisam, jebem
U licu vo?ten
u du?i po?ten
Ja sam mala pitbull (Terrier)
Critic Reviews
April 10, 2012
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
March 26, 2009
David Stratton, Variety
A colorful, frenetic mixture of slapstick and folklore that stands a good chance of delighting arthouse audiences the world over. Full Review
January 1, 2000
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Lacking the emotionally charged metaphors that made Underground something more than a virtuoso Saint Vitus dance, Black Cat, White Catis determined to twist every character into an ideogram for vulgar... Full Review
January 1, 2000
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Bosnian-born writer-director Emir Kusturica makes raucous films so visually dense they overwhelm. But his characters, freakish or treacherous, come up wonderfully human. Full Review
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
With all of the horrible things happening in the corner of the world once known as Yugoslavia, it's a pleasant change-of-pace to discover a comedy that transpires there. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times
It's a mad scramble through the Felliniesque realm of Kusturica's imagination, and it proves nothing if not this much: give this man the Danube, Gypsy musicians and a camera, and you've got a party. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
There's nothing cynical or cold-hearted about Black Cat, White Cat. Like the waves of geese, pigs, goats, dogs and cats that sometimes threaten to overwhelm the human characters, it is recklessly, ind... Full Review
April 10, 2012
Ken Fox, TV Guide's Movie Guide
There's a surprising warmth and even a little optimism behind Kusturica's gallows humor. Full Review
April 10, 2012
Total Film
It's ridiculous and self-indulgent, but Kusturica is so skilful, conjuring up one sweeping, sumptuous set-piece after another, that you can't help but go along for the ride. Full Review
April 10, 2012
David Parkinson, Empire Magazine
It's anything but subtle but the magnetism of the cast and sheer exuberance of the storytelling make this fairly irresistible. Full Review
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