Man Is Not a Bird
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Man Is Not a Bird is an antic, free-form portrait of the love lives of two less-than-heroic men who labor in a copper factory. For this first feature, following years of making documentaries and experimental shorts, Dusan Makavejev and his crew set up shop in Bor, a mining town in the mountains near Yugoslavia’s border with Bulgaria, interviewing the workers in the region and even shooting footage inside the local ore factories. Yet the result is hardly a staid tribute to the working class. Also featuring seductive Milena Dravic, who would go on to star in Makavejev’s groundbreaking WR: Mysteries of the Organism, Man Is Not a Bird is one of cinema’s most assured and daring debuts.
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Cast
- Milena Dravić
- Rajka
- Janez Vrhovec
- Jan Rudiniski
- Eva Ras
- Barbulović’s wife
- Stole Arandelovic
- Barbulović
- Boris Dvornik
- Bosko
- Roko Cirkovic
- Roko the Hypnotist
Credits
- Director
- Dušan Makavejev
- Producer
- Dušan Perkovic
- Screenplay
- Dušan Makavejev
- Assistant director
- Kokan Rakonjac
- Cinematography
- Aleksander Petkovic
- Cinematography
- Branko Perak
- Editing
- Ljubica Nesic
- Art direction
- Dragoljub Ivkov
- Music
- Petar Bergamo
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