5.9 | / 10 |
Users | 2.5 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Milos is a former porn star who is down on his luck financially. When he receives a call from his long-time movie actress partner, Layla, he welcomes her call. Apparently she's heard that a new film director wants to hire Milos to star in his "artistically-designed" porn film for a very generous price. He is easily lured form his semi-retirement by the lucrative offer, agreeing to meet the director in an isolated mansion. As the filming progresses, Milo begins to suspect that the director's intentions may be darker than mere pornography. As the film begins to devolve into a horrifically violent production, Milos finds escape may not be an option.
Starring: Srđan Todorović, Sergej Trifunović, Jelena Gavrilović (I), Slobodan Beštić, Katarina ŽutićHorror | 100% |
Foreign | 28% |
Thriller | 20% |
Erotic | 14% |
Psychological thriller | 13% |
Surreal | 11% |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Serbian: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Serbian: Dolby Digital 2.0
English
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Screened at the South by Southwest Film Festival, Srdjan Spasojevic's "Srpski film" a.k.a "A Serbian Film" (2010) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Revolver Entertainment. The only supplemental feature on the disc is a Q&A session with director Srdjan Spasojevic and production manager Nikola Pantelic, hosted by film critic Alan Jones. In Serbian, with imposed English subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free. Please be advised that the film contains graphic and extremely disturbing footage that is not appropriate for minors!
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Presented in aspect ratio of 2.40:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Srdjan Spasojevic's A Serbian Film arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Revolver Entertainment.
Shot on location in Belgrade with a RED One Digital Camera, A Serbian Film looks impressive. Detail, clarity and contrast are all quite remarkable. The daylight scenes convey tremendous depth and fluidity, while the nighttime scenes look crisp and clear. Because of the limited lighting, however, some of the indoor scenes look somewhat soft (similar softness is also present on Steven Soderbergh's Che, which was also shot with a RED One Digital Camera). Color reproduction is practically flawless; even the memory flashbacks, where some colors are heavily manipulated, look strong. Lastly, there are absolutely no stability issues to report in this review whatsoever. All in all, A Serbian Film looks excellent on Blu-ray. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray disc. Therefore, you will be able to play it on your PS3 or SA regardless of your geographical location. Please note that there is no problematic PAL or 1080/50i content preceding the disc's main menu).
There are two audio tracks on this Blu-ray disc: Serbian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Serbian Dolby Digital 2.0. For the record, Revolver Entertainment have provided imposed English subtitles for the main feature. They appear inside the image frame.
The Serbian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track does not disappoint either. Sky Wikluh's intense music score certainly benefits greatly from the loseless treatment. Quite a few of the most controversial scenes in the film also feature good surround effect. The dialog is crisp, clean, stable, and exceptionally easy to follow. Finally, the English translation is good, but I notice a few minor grammatical errors.
Note: The supplemental features on this Blu-ray disc are encoded in PAL. Therefore, you if you reside in North America, or another region where PAL is not supported, you must have a Region-Free player capable of converting PAL to NTSC or a native Region-B player and a TV set capable of processing PAL-encoded data in order to access them.
Ugly, disturbing, controversial. These are only a few of many terms one could use to describe Srdjan Spasojevic's A Serbian Film. Ultimately, however, all of them are absolutely worthless, as what takes place in the film cannot be described with simple words. Time will tell if A Serbian Film had to be made, but for now its creators appear to have accomplished at least one of their goals - people around the world are once again talking about their native country. RECOMMENDED ONLY FOR MATURE VIEWERS.
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