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That supremely macho film-maker Emir Kusturica brings his wild, unrelenting, almost psychotic exuberance to the subject of the Bosnian war - for two-and-a-half deafening hours Life Is a Miracle. But under the surface clamour there's a weirdly shallow and questionable approach to the tragedy of former Yugoslavia. Kusturica's crowd scenes are certainly a marvel, no question. He keeps the action in perpetual, cacophonous uproar. Just as in Underground, or Black Cat, White Cat, or really any of his films, his Gypsy band honk and parp away most of the time; he has geese, dogs, donkeys and even bears performing impeccably for the camera, and everyone is hollering at each other just so they can be heard above the din. Watching this film is uncomfortably like turning up to a party where everyone is already smashed out of their minds - and far too drunk to offer you a glass.

Life Is a Miracle is the Romeo-and-Juliet tale of a Serb railwayman Luka (Slavko Stimac); he falls for Sabaha (Natasa Solak), a Muslim woman, who turns out to be a submissive fun-loving blonde babe, not averse to a topless roll in the hay. For those who remember the Bosnian war in terms of ethnic cleansing and mass graves, this romantic solution might look glib or naive - but as far as Kusturica is concerned, naivety is the prerogative of the international media in the form of a clueless and flak-jacketed American TV reporter.
Kusturica's breezy message seems to be that war is madness, and you need humour and life-affirming craziness to stay sane. Where Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful offered cloying sentimentality to alleviate the horrors of war, Kusturica gives us a marathon, boisterous booze-up. The hangover starts 20 minutes after the opening credits.


affirm- afirmować, potwierdzać
alleviate- ulżyć, łagodzić
averse to- niechętny, przeciwny
boisterous- hałaśliwy, krzykliwy
booze-up- popijawa
breezy- serdeczny, energiczny
cacophonous- kakofoniczny
clamour- hałas, zgiełk
cloy- przesycać, przekarmiać
clueless- bez pomysłu, głupi
craziness- szaleństwo
credits- lista wykonawców
deafening- ogłuszający
din- wrzawa, harmider
exuberance- entuzjazm, energia
fall for- zakochać się
flak-jacket- kamizelka kuloodporna
glib- budzący niewiarę, przesadnie elokwentny
hangover- kac
holler- wrzeszczeć, ryczeć
honk- trąbić
impeccably- nieskazitelnie, nienagannie, bez zarzutu
marvel- cud, rzecz zadziwiająca
no question- nie ulega kwestii
parp away- (informal)- to fart, to waste time on rubbish; marnować czas, pierdzieć
perpetual- nieustanny, bezustanny, ustawiczny
prerogative- prerogatywa
sane- zdrowy psychicznie, przy zdrowych zmysłach
shallow- płytki
smashed out of one’s mind- stuknięty, rąbnięty
submissive- uległy
supremely- w najwyższym stopniu
unrelenting- bezlitosny, bez skrupułów
uproar- zgiełk, tumult

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