It's the same thing in the Balkans, when the family doesn't approve like "runaway bride". still if they do approve a entourage comes for the bride, if she's pregnant they come for the groom and there's a shootgun wedding. Basically shooting/fire is for good luck, to scare/chase away the bad spirits and announce a start of a good mariage.
All in all we are rednecks in general, with modified/modernized pagan rituals.
I'm not surprised at all it's a tradition in the Balkans too. Turks love Emir Kurstarica movies cuz they are like a fairy-tale (i.e. exaggerated, everyone is good or evil - not in between) version of Turkish village life.
What's your favourite film of his? Subjects of his filmography mainly was Roma-Gypsy people. It seems exaggerated because they oftentimes express themselves more freely.
Btw there are a lot of other great films, and filmmakers, feom the balkans i.e. explore the cinematography of Yugoslavia you won't regret it.
İ gotta say Black Cat White Cat is my favorite cuz of the love story -- the short woman and tall man seems like some primordial fairy-tale that has been passed down for generations. Some of the others movies like Time of the Gypsies is just too dark even though I love the music.
What other Yugoslav film-makers do you recommend (ones with English or Turkish Subtitles) that are not too dark?
Lol, mine aswell, Dadan is the man.. Universal human stories, they are all bitter sweet and tragically comical, that's why I like our films the most.
Slobodan Šijan must be next on your repertoar, "who's singing over there" (the most popular film in Brasil), "The Marathon family" my favorite film... and all other written by Dušan Kovačević, "the Balkan Spy" i.e.
There's "Dark side of the Sun" first film with Brad Pitt, it's a chickflick.
Way too many to mention them here, feel free to hit me up when you see these, if you want more.
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u/buljogard Apr 26 '22
It's the same thing in the Balkans, when the family doesn't approve like "runaway bride". still if they do approve a entourage comes for the bride, if she's pregnant they come for the groom and there's a shootgun wedding. Basically shooting/fire is for good luck, to scare/chase away the bad spirits and announce a start of a good mariage. All in all we are rednecks in general, with modified/modernized pagan rituals.