Abstract:In this piece, I propose to explore the meaning of the recent controversial Serbian horror film A Serbian Film (Spasojevic, 2010), which depicts the horror of sadistic sexual violence on a hardcore porn/snuff shoot in the former Yugoslav Republic of Serbia. In the first section of the article, I seek to explore the basic historical context, which must frame any attempt to understand the film. In other words, it is impossible to read the film without possessing an understanding of the Yugoslav or Serbian contex… Show more
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