There is so much wrong about this, I am not sure where to start

[dangermousie]

I don't follow American entertainment very closely (after all, I already obsess over Korean one and books and I do need to sleep and play with Baby Mousie sometimes) but I was vaguely aware of Angelina Jolie making her directorial debut in a movie which was a love story set during the civil war in former Yugoslavia. "Hmmmm,can be interesting"

Comments

[sisterjune]

I remember reading about this at ontd_feminism and there was a few people from that part of the world (but not specifically bosnia) saying how this seemed to be an unfounded claim so far. That the film was about this subject, and I also could swear I saw something in my paper and on yahoo today stating that Jolie had NOT been banned from Bosnia for any such thing but I need to find it again (curse my disorganized links). But I have no idea how true any of this is. It could be all true, partly true or not true at all. Until then I am reserving judgement. That said, the just the idea that such an intense and violent conflict should be used as backdrop to a love story just annoys me to death esp since Jolie is not bosnian or serbian and as far as I know has no connection to that place. I hope the bit about rape is NOT true because I really expected better of Jolie and also because the last thing this country needs is a film where a woman falls in love with her rapist, just NO.

[shiegra]

Yeah, I definitely hope this is all a mix-up. Goodness knows that bureaucracies/red tape situations seem to feed on or at least generate at an insane rate chaos confusion.

[december_clouds]

I think my eyes just rolled out of my head at reading this. :/

Is she going to do a follow-up about a Jewish woman and a SS officer who kills her family but then they fall for each other?

Barftastic, I wouldn't be surprised.

[dangermousie]

Yeah, ugh ugh ugh

[dangermousie]

I normally like her OK but if this is true, barf.