Zift
Bulgaria, 2008, 91 minutes
Director: Javor Gardev
Take a classic genre, one traditionally linked to American pulp novels, like film noir. It's a genre that's often closely associated to its 30's-to-50's period, given the hard-edged characters that permeate through them, but what if you transplant it into another country, in the same period? While it needs the familiar symptoms to be diagnosed as noir, and Zift indeed keeps those symptoms, the side effects clearly differ. Most importantly, perhaps, the political landscape.
I'll admit that my knowledge of Bulgaria isn't up to snuff, but indeed the film piqued my interest, which led me to do some light reading on Bulgarian history—I love that about film.
Our hero Moth (Zachari Baharov) was imprisoned on false murder charges during an attempted robbery right before the big Bulgarian coup d'etat in 1944. After being a model Communist in prison, he is released early to...
Bulgaria, 2008, 91 minutes
Director: Javor Gardev
Take a classic genre, one traditionally linked to American pulp novels, like film noir. It's a genre that's often closely associated to its 30's-to-50's period, given the hard-edged characters that permeate through them, but what if you transplant it into another country, in the same period? While it needs the familiar symptoms to be diagnosed as noir, and Zift indeed keeps those symptoms, the side effects clearly differ. Most importantly, perhaps, the political landscape.
I'll admit that my knowledge of Bulgaria isn't up to snuff, but indeed the film piqued my interest, which led me to do some light reading on Bulgarian history—I love that about film.
Our hero Moth (Zachari Baharov) was imprisoned on false murder charges during an attempted robbery right before the big Bulgarian coup d'etat in 1944. After being a model Communist in prison, he is released early to...
- 4/25/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
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