Underground Reviews and Ratings


  • dipa89
    November 20, 2009
    dipa89

  • kunam88
    November 3, 2009
    kunam88
    one of the weirdest,and funniest movie i've seen in years,though sometimes i feel the runnig time are too long,but still,a great movie,especially the second half. Delicatessen seems like pretty normal compared to this one.thanks for BigMovieFreak who recommending me this nice tre...( read more)at from Kusturica
  • Arianeta
    September 9, 2009
    Arianeta
    During World War 2, a pair of friends in the Serb resistance hide in an intricate cellar. Years later, the war is over but the lies and deceptions continue.A surreal, absurd mix of politics, sex, fantasty, black comedy.
    So passionate, so exciting and so very odd at times. One of...( read more) the great moviegoing experiences a work of staggering sadness and vitality but also and comic invention. Original music by composer Goran Bregovic, who incorporates a collage of Eastern European sounds and traditions in an explosive, manic triumph. Winner of the award for Best Film at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival!!!
  • franjacorcas
    August 11, 2009
    franjacorcas
    tiee ct 3: Part 1: Second World War, Part 2: The Cold War, Part 3: the Yugoslavian wars in the biggest revolutions in the form domain of a man against a group of individuals into believing they are in a past traumatic conflict
  • rojastortu
    July 16, 2009
    rojastortu
    Not as good as I was expecting, the first minutes were awesome, then the characters became very annoying and disgusting I just wanted them to suddenly disappear or something. On the last half the characters suddenly turned into something more digestable for me, but I was already ...( read more)bored by them. The premise is REALLY good, but the characters kept the movie from being a masterpiece. I know, the characters have to be disgusting in a black comedy, but they were so cartoonish and annoying that I didn't laugh once... The ending was weird but really good, though.
  • Ssscilla
    July 2, 2009
    Ssscilla
    I grew up on movies like that. This one is classic black humor drama movie. Behind the comedy is hidden the pain of whole generations, which have suffered WWII, The Cold War, the war in Yugoslavia, the communism, the fall. It show us reality and Serbian crazy way to deal with it....( read more)

    The photo is beautiful, the music is great. Luv this one =)
  • kanokaan
    June 11, 2009
    kanokaan
    There are very less movies that critics and normal people both can love.And "Underground" is one these masterpieces.If you like Fellini movies,you will as i feel.So it will be your favourite 4.5 stared movie.If you dont like Fellini movies,you will love it anyway.Cause Emir Kustu...( read more)rica following Fellini with his way.He can say "i did it my way".Casting is very very great.Espeically Miki Manojlovic's (Marko in the movie) was one of the greatest actings of all time.I didnt use to know him.But i wont forget him because of this movie.
    Acting and Directing is so perfecto that i didnt talk about its marvelous script.Marko and his best friend are living in Belgrad while the World War 2.They began to hide in an underground shelter and do weapon business.While their men are doing tis.Marko is going out from the shelter and be the leader of Belgrad's stand.He helps Belgrad to defend.But his friend and the people who helps the weapon business are still in the shelter and think the war is still contiuning.Marko doesnt tells them the truth and get rich and live his life.But one day underground people decide to go out and fight.
    Now think this story as absurd,ironic,funny as you can imagine or dont imagine anything and watcj the movie.
  • salianom
    May 30, 2009
    salianom
    great black comedy... it's crazy
  • slthomas321
    May 22, 2009
    slthomas321
    WOW! I was shocked. This is a great movie. War, love, betrayal, fucked up stuff. I loved it!
  • RisingSunce
    March 18, 2009
    RisingSunce
    Surreal, crazy, absurd, ironic and full of emotions. You can't really not love Underground. Feels like Kusturica reached culmination of his career with this one, since later films are far from his earlier career. Hopefully he'll produce something more to my taste soon again.
  • onomatopee
    January 29, 2009
    onomatopee
    Kusturica holds a special place in my heart. I love love love his cynicism and the way he makes films that touch me and make me laugh at the same time. The characters are very colorful just like his stories and the music is to die for. It makes you want to dance on the seat of yo...( read more)ur edge and even enter your television to join the cast and crew. Underground is purely brilliant.
  • RossCollinsUK
    January 25, 2009
    RossCollinsUK
    Totally surreal tale of two brothers' resistance against the German occupation of Yugoslavia. They form an underground society to help the communist effort by producing weapons. This is an epic film that covers 50 years in three hours as the crazy Serbs continue their fight again...( read more)st the fascist foe right up to the civil war.
  • bbliumis
    January 19, 2009
    bbliumis
    Masterpiece? MAYBE...

    SOUNDTRACK IS unique!

    KUSTURICA is KUSTIRICA...

    LOVE him or HATE him...
  • MisterMarvelous
    January 1, 2009
    MisterMarvelous
    This movie has "it". That indescribable and undeniable sense of greatness that is found in only a select handful of films. We follow two friends (who have a very odd and interesting relationship) as they live through tumultuous times during World War II. The two friends have an u...( read more)nderground weapons factory that can be seen almost as a full functioning community. This is all imagined in a very surreal and dream like way. The underground society is focused on much of the film as the war ends; but the people underground continue to live in fear; unaware that it has been over for many years. You will feel like you've experienced the full lives of the two main characters by the films end; and the plot plays out so poetically that after watching it grew on me substantially and has been lingering in my mind ever since. An absolute epic that you shouldn't miss. 4.75/5 stars.
  • Devarim
    November 14, 2008
    Devarim
    More humerous than i expected but the plot doesnt really hook me in.. kind of funny and unexpected at moments!
  • Soundsofmadness
    October 17, 2008
    Soundsofmadness
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • quichefolle
    October 12, 2008
    quichefolle
    Toutes les emotions que le Cinema peut produire reunies en un seul film !
  • leneja
    October 9, 2008
    leneja
    EXCELLENT! I don't like Kusturica very much, but this movie it's very good. And I'm very proud of numerous EXCELLENT actors in this movie and the fact that they are from my country. I strongly recommend this movie.
  • siavashasadollahi
    October 9, 2008
    siavashasadollahi
    the great Emir is one of the guys who knows the life well and still enjoying it. accepting cries and laughs together and forcing you to cry and laugh simultaneously while watching his films. sweet surreal dreams coupled with bitter real life, dancing with a tank, swimming in the ...( read more)wells and at last dancing and laughing on a land that is no longer attached to the main land. well, this guy's genius!
  • frankjr19
    September 5, 2008
    frankjr19
    Seen 2 times.

    Il était une fois un pays... Et sa capitale était Belgrade, le 6 avril 1941...

    Ce pays, c'est la Serbie, c'est l'ex-Yougoslavie. Ce pays, appelez-le comme vous le voudrez. Son nom a très peu d'importance, c'est son passé qui en a. Cette phrase, c'e...( read more)st la phrase d'entrée d'Emir Kusturica dans Underground, c'est la phrase qui précède l'entrée de deux dizaines de musiciens armés de cuivres et de trompettes, dévalant la rue à un rythme effréné, célébrant la révolution sous les liasses d'argent qui tombe du ciel. Cette phrase, c'est le début d'une des plus grandes oeuvres cinématographiques de tous les temps.

    Le film est, d'abord et avant tout, divisé en trois parties de durées approximativement égales. Dans la première, La Guerre, on retrouve d'abord et avant tout Blacky, un escroc électricien, Marko, secrétaire du parti communiste de Yougoslavie et Ivan, adolescent et gardien du zoo de Belgrade, accompagné de son meilleur ami, le chimpanzé Soni.

    Tout commence alors que le spectateur suit les traces d'Ivan, affairé à nourrir les tigres de son zoo... Et les bombes fusent, et le zoo est détruit, et Belgrade est meurtri. Les animaux s'enfuient, les Nazis bombardent la capitale; Belgrade devient un zoo humain. Marko, profiteur comme il est, convainc donc une vingtaine de personnes de venir se mettre à l'abri dans la cave de son grand-père, un vrai bunker sous terrain. La population se reproduit, un village version miniature prend vie. Ils y fabriquent des armes pour la révolution de la Yougoslavie, tandis que Marko se sacrifie en haut et organise un réel trafic d'armes.

    Entre-temps, les Alliés l'emportent sur l'Allemagne, et la 2ème Guerre Mondiale prend fin, comme l'histoire nous l'a appris. Seulement, Marko ne le dira pas à ses amis dans la cave... Et continuera plutôt de les exploiter pendant 20 ans encore, entretenant l'illusion de la terrible guerre qui gronde au-dessus d'eux, utilisant leurs armes pour créer un véritable trafic d'arme qui le fera devenir riche. Ils y resteront enfermés jusqu'en 1992, alors que la Guerre Froide sera à son apogée. Et tous auront à assister à la mort et à la déchéance de leur pays, et personne n'échappera au plongeon du délire, à l'apothéose de la débauche.

    Par Underground (1995), Kusturica nous offre un autre épisode de la vie de la Yougoslavie, un chef-d'oeuvre douloureux pour l'âme, usant à merveille de la poésie visuelle, comme il s'en servira d'ailleurs plus tard dans Black cat, white cat (1998) et La vie est un miracle (2004). On songera d'ailleurs à la présence d'une colombe sur un tank de guerre, parfaite illustration de l'oeuvre.

    Kusturica allie brillamment réalité et fiction, et c'est là que le débat de la dualité déploie ses ailes et prend son envol. Des montages historiques réels et fictifs s'entrecoupent, ajoutant Marko dans de grands évènements historiques, ajoutent tout d'abord de la crédibilité à l'?uvre. Mais le plus fort est encore à venir, alors que le spectateur se retrouve confronté à une puissante mise en abîme, tandis que Marko devient un leader politique important et qu'un réalisateur veut tourner un film sur son histoire et sur celle de Blacky, ce héros national ''mort'' pour sa patrie il y a 20 ans.

    Bien sûr, le film est un ''tantinet'' faussé, puisque le script se base sur le point de vue de l'hypocrite Marko. Un film dans un film. Pastiche du scénario d'Underground ou pastiche de Kusturica lui-même? On assiste également à une autre dualité tandis que la première moitié du film traite de la guerre, mais est incroyablement joyeuse, ponctuée de musique entraînante et de rires éclatants, alors que la deuxième partie, alors que la guerre est terminée, se veut incroyablement dramatique et douloureuse, alors que tous auront à vivre la désillusion de 20 années de mensonges.

    Plusieurs thématiques sont constamment exploitées tout au long de la réalisation, mais celles qui retiennent le plus notre attention sont l'utilisation de la musique et l'utilisation du burlesque. La musique est effectivement omniprésente tandis qu'une troupe de musiciens suit nos deux héros principaux tout au long du film, musique qui donne clairement le ton à l'oeuvre. Mais le burlesque - ah! le burlesque - fascine réellement. La guerre y est parfois dédramatisée à un tel point (Marko se masturbant et ne pouvant éjaculer que lorsque Belgrade se fait bombarder) et, au contraire, la paix y est parfois si atrocement décrite (un des derniers plans montre Jésus sur la croix, tête en bas, prouvant que même Dieu a abandonné la Yougoslavie) que Kusturica nous tient suspendu par l'iris pendant presque trois heures, notamment avec des dialogues épicés et réfléchis, et deux acteurs principaux qui sont franchement à couper le souffle.

    Et dire qu'il existe une version allongée de plus de cinq heures de ce film...

    Dieu que c'est douloureux pour l'âme.
  • egogirl
    September 2, 2008
    egogirl
    I saw this amazing film today and I must admit - I'm so in love with Kusturica's work now! This is by far one of the most beautiful films I have ever laid my eyes on. I laughed so hard watching it, and it also brought me to tears at one point.
    The colors are gorgeous and the hum...( read more)our is blacker than black - and thanks to having been taught a few bad words or two in Serbian I picked up a few cursewords the translator had not bothered to include in the Swedish subtitles. This is a perfect picture of how at least I always "believe" the yugoslavs are - a stereotype of course but none the less entertaining.
    I love it and I love Kusturica - oh and I almost forgot the passionate and beautiful music by Goran Bregovic - this film is perfect for anyone who wants to enjoy a great evening of yugoslav culture. See it now!
  • jes25924
    June 27, 2008
    jes25924
    Underground is a fable about a country that no longer exists, it's breakdown, and fragmentation literally illustrated in the films final moments when the characters gathered together on a beach find the ground breaking off like a glacier, and sailing out into the ocean. That's ju...( read more)st one the many amazing images thrown into the flamming bonfire of this movie, a bombing where all the animals escape from the zoo, drunken tank rampages/singalongs, etc. At over three hours long, the film tries to pack about as much information and jubuliation as it can, I lost count of how many parties there are. Theres an insistent zeal and vitality in this film that come out in the first frame, where two men drive a wagon drunkenly through town while a full horn band runs behind them playing in perfect time. "Undergound" covers a huge amount of time in a dense allegorical space, but does without succombing to mellacholly or pretension, or getting to tangled in its own details, though with further views, the details are plentiful. This movie made good on it's hype, and managed to really be one of the best films of the 90's, it's massive scale, and manic performances, probably turned away as many as they might have brought in, as might the allegorical nature of the story. Which is a real shame because this is the most entertaining historical movies, I have ever watched, almost each character monologues, sings, dances, performes phsyical comedy, and all without feeling staged or forced, or rather feeling appropriately staged, the right style at the right moment. It's a long, long, sit, but it's well worth the time, a fun, funny, lyrical, surreal, and boisterous epic of a country existing in the minds of it's people, it's passions and virtues as well as it's trappings.
  • YLOWBSTARDreturns
    March 23, 2008
    YLOWBSTARDreturns
    *On my "best of the 1990s" list.
  • rrseuue
    January 18, 2008
    rrseuue
    One of the best metaphors on cinema
  • berenice890228
    December 12, 2007
    berenice890228
    la quiero la quiero la quiero
    Otra forma de jugar con la esperanza de las personas, la mentira que más me hizo esperar, que pasara cuando la verdad salga a la luz? ¿cuántoas años más? ahhh el final el final
  • arty77
    November 16, 2007
    arty77
    absolutely fantastic!!!
  • adikarma
    October 18, 2007
    adikarma
    Gambaran nagara Serbia yang dibentuk dari karekter-karekter yang menghidupkan cerita ni.

    dari zaman perang sampai zaman komunis.

    sebuah karya surrealism yang aneh . Tapi penuh kesenian.
  • JamoWoo
    September 16, 2007
    JamoWoo
    first time I saw this type of movie, it's legendary
  • etnomla
    August 29, 2007
    etnomla
    Un ritmo delirante en la historia y la musica ¡Wopa!
  • AgentLexi2132
    August 17, 2007
    AgentLexi2132
    Will have to watch this one. Not necassarily good or bad. Will see. Want to watch!
  • cjspr
    August 13, 2007
    cjspr
    The best movie ever!!!!!!!
  • 76Majikat
    August 5, 2007
    76Majikat
    Recommended by Wasowato and Ruby
  • AntonioJunior
    August 2, 2007
    AntonioJunior
    Imperdível! De uma poesia incomparável. Uma das obras mais lindas que o cinema já produziu. Kusturica chega a perfeição suprema com este filme. Se existissem mais estrelinhas para classificar um filme, com certeza Undeground mereceria no mínimo mais umas cinco.
  • music223
    July 26, 2007
    music223
    Excelente y cagadisima de risa
  • fjoobandi
    July 16, 2007
    fjoobandi
    This one is wonderfull. emir costarica have done a real masterpeace.scoffs and comedies are remarkable in it. turning the togh cicumstances of war into a smooth and comic atmosphier, efficiently.
  • kasrarashed1
    July 16, 2007
    kasrarashed1
    great! chizi rajebesh nemishe goft faghta bayad did.
  • CountessPiluRC
    July 14, 2007
    CountessPiluRC
    One of the most beautiful and unexpected ending that I remember. The movie could get a bit slow in the middle, and that's the only reason why I don't give it 5 stars. Everything else is great. I've loved every Kusturica film I've seen. I think He's a marvellous director. And this...( read more) movie is no exception. Great story, excellently told.
  • mohammadhafezi
    July 12, 2007
    mohammadhafezi
    kojai ferantzzz,entekhabe doroste sambolha,ye filme shad va tamiz az har nazar va baiangre tamame ehsasate ensani,eshgh,nefrat,dosti,doshmani,tahood,khianat va... lezate bi hasri bordam az didanesh.
  • julianbastidas1
    July 10, 2007
    julianbastidas1
    En esta pelicula Emir Kusturica nos muestra por que es considerado uno de los mas grandes directores actuales y por que su cine tiene un toque sumamente especial y un parecido muy agradable al cine de Fellini... una manera comica, original y simbolica de ver lo que paso Yugoslavi...( read more)a desde la segunda guerra mundial hasta su desaparicion.
  • queenie523
    July 7, 2007
    queenie523
    Emir is the most polictical movie director...
  • m0neymmm
    July 4, 2007
    m0neymmm
    great music, great actors, great story, great movie!
  • krimold
    June 30, 2007
    krimold
    Meraviglia grottesca: splende per la trama, per i personaggi, per i dialoghi e sopratutto per la musica di Bregovic.
  • isariddle
    June 29, 2007
    isariddle
    Brilliant - and a superb soundtrack!
  • ruzbehus
    June 28, 2007
    ruzbehus
    Story of bewilderedness of a nation, a nation just like us!
  • Keaven
    June 21, 2007
    Keaven
    Recommended by; Wasawat.

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