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Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica
Serbian Director
Born: Nov 24, 1954
Am Country Me People World You
Related authors: Alfred Hitchcock David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
At a certain moment, Yugoslavia stopped being rational, and then you end up going to war. Emir Kusturica
War You Rational End Up Going Stopped Being Then Certain Moment Yugoslavia
I am a living illustration of Bosnian mixing and converting. My grandparents lived in eastern Herzegovina. Very poor. The Turks came and brought Islam. There were three brothers in the family. One was Orthodox Christian. The other two took Islam to survive. Emir Kusturica
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I will always fight for peace. But, unfortunately, it is war that drives us forward. It is war that makes the major turns. It makes Wall Street function; it makes all the bastards in the Balkans function. Emir Kusturica
War Peace Fight Will Bastards Drives Major Balkans Makes Always Wall Wall Street Unfortunately Us Turns Forward Function Street
Every movie that I do, if you analyze the stories, you can notice that in each story, that within the movie after the first 15 minutes, it could fall apart. Or every 10 minutes it has the chance that you lose the thread. On the other hand, if you succeed in putting them together, then the movie looks spontaneous and more like cinema. Emir Kusturica
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I'm just a troublemaker. Emir Kusturica
Troublemaker Just
I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence. Emir Kusturica
People Tremble Some No-One Around Been His Effect Very Famous Famous People Presence
Just because I believe in the identity and integrity of my country doesn't make a xenophobe or a nationalist. Emir Kusturica
Integrity Country Believe Identity Make Because Nationalist Just Just Because
In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernize, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with very good things and very bad things. Emir Kusturica
Good Me Hate People Good Things World Bad Things Understanding Bipolar Bad Because Lot Western Very Western World Want Serbia Things
What you have now is a Hollywood that is pure poison. Hollywood was a central place in the history of art in the 20th century: it was human idealism preserved. And then, like any great place, it collapsed, and it collapsed into the most awful machinery in the world. Emir Kusturica
Art Great History You World Pure Poison Preserved Machinery Collapsed Great Place Idealism Like Most Any Human The History Of Place Central Century Hollywood Then Now Awful
I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens. Emir Kusturica
Democracy Vote People Will Build Citizens City Fed Fed Up Up Where Mayors Wanted Choose
Yugoslavia was a kind of superpower. Great movies. Beautiful novels. Great rock-and-roll. We became a superpower in basketball. The problem is that people needed to identify more strongly with it after Tito and his awful, tricky way of leading the country. Emir Kusturica
Beautiful Great People Problem Country Way Kind Tricky Strongly More Superpower Leading Identify Became His After Movies Yugoslavia Novels Awful Needed Basketball
I was a big fighter when I was younger. In bars I was ready to explode and fight. Emir Kusturica
Fight Big Fighter Ready Explode Younger Bars
I've reached the 50th year of my life, and now every question related with life also includes thinking about death. When I leave, I want to leave to my offspring a clear idea about identity. Emir Kusturica
Life Death My Life Year Every Thinking Related About Clear Idea Reached Also Identity Leave Question Offspring Want Now
I am my best enemy. Emir Kusturica
Best Enemy Am
Most people only remember Maradona for the bad parts now. But he was a genius, someone who lifted us and himself up to the level of the gods. Emir Kusturica
People Genius Remember Bad Someone Only Lifted He Most Himself Parts Up Gods Us Who Now Level
If you say morality is just what you like, you lose the metaphysical level of what in the history of philosophy is called 'categorical imperative.' Emir Kusturica
History You Lose Philosophy Say Morality Imperative Categorical Like Metaphysical Just The History Of Level
My relationship with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is very clear: respect. We met a couple of times; once I received a medal from him. I respect hugely how he brought Russia back from its knees. Emir Kusturica
Relationship Respect Met Back Once Brought Russia He Knees Clear Putin Couple Him How Very Times Hugely Medal Received
If the film is not emotional, then it operates on a superficial level. Emir Kusturica
Superficial Emotional Then Film Level

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