given the unbelievable constraints placed on an independent filmmaker, i was rather impressed with this movie. Sure, the story is a little tired, but the acting wasn't that bad, and the shots/timing/lighting were exciting. The intro sequence was novel, a great icebreaker, and Okorn has a way of throwing visual curveballs every time the story would normally lose my attention. His style is just on the edge of being too much, but in this film at least, he stops short of that edge, and the shots stay fresh.
Does this movie fall short of its goals as being a "Slovenian film", or more, a new kind of Slovenian film? As an American, even if I could answer that, would you listen? The movie seems Slovenian to me, probably less so to a Slovene. But as western or Hollywood influences are visible in this movie, so are they visible in Slovenia and its culture. Is Okorn maybe just telling the truth that you are denying? I know a story doesn't have to read like Twain or Hawthorne to be "American", nor do they need to follow Preseren or Vodnik to be "Slovenian".
This movie was a first attempt by a young filmmaker, and as such it was more than enough for me to watch the next one.
Does this movie fall short of its goals as being a "Slovenian film", or more, a new kind of Slovenian film? As an American, even if I could answer that, would you listen? The movie seems Slovenian to me, probably less so to a Slovene. But as western or Hollywood influences are visible in this movie, so are they visible in Slovenia and its culture. Is Okorn maybe just telling the truth that you are denying? I know a story doesn't have to read like Twain or Hawthorne to be "American", nor do they need to follow Preseren or Vodnik to be "Slovenian".
This movie was a first attempt by a young filmmaker, and as such it was more than enough for me to watch the next one.