Quo Vadis, Aida x Safe Area Gorazde
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370I challenge myself in this episode to talk about a topic that I have long been interested in: the history of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Some six years ago, I was shocked to learn there was such a big war happening in Europe that I knew nothing about. Films like Quo Vadis Aida (06:07) and comic reportage Safe Area Gorazde (25:05) allow me to learn a little bit more about the odd turn of history and the sufferings of the civilians.
Each of the four works I have covered here tells a story of a different place in Bosnia. Quo Vadis, Aida? looks at the Srebrenica Massacre. I argue that the film is smart in keeping 'a false glimmer' for the audience when its highly capable and brave heroine attempts to save her family from being killed by their neighbours-turned-tormentors. I point out the chilling line that happen in the execution room may be a comment on the status quo of European cinema, which had been remained silent on its dark recent past.
Then I review the first two books I have read about BiH. Zlata's Diary (20:57) follows Zlata's everyday life in the war-time Sarajevo, while The Bosnia List (22:18) records Kenan's puzzling childhood in Brcko.
Safe Area Gorazde is an excellent comic book that does not shy away from the traumatic experience of the town people of the then-enclave Gorazde.
References
电影《艾达，怎么了？》Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020) directed by Jasmila Zbanic
Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995 (2002) by Joe Sacco
Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo (1994) by Zlata Filipovic
The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile and Return (2014) by Kenan Trebincevic
The Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order (1998) by Samuel P. Huntington
Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic: 'A film is more than a film. It is life', The Guardian
