- Language: English, Serbo-Croatian
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000DZ3GD
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #16,868 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Extraordinary reel life,
By heather tyler (sydney, nsw Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Welcome to Sarajevo [VHS] (VHS Tape)
As a journalist familiar with Yugoslavia and the tragedies of its breakway states, I was prepared to dislike this movie about foreign journalists working during the siege of Sarajevo. I thought, here goes Hollywood exploiting an abomination of the 20th Century. What I saw, in fact, humbled me and moved me to many tears. Director Michael Winterbottom takes an unflinching, docudrama approach, integrating real news footage of atrocities with his no frills production. There is no exploitation of suffering here. Winterbottom has an unabashed agenda: to shock, inform, educate and enlighten. It is hardly entertainment. The result, devoid of sentimentality, glamour and a neatly-packaged denoument, is refreshingly un-Hollywood. The characters played by Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei in a small role, Kerry Fox, Stephen Dillane and the fine Croatian actor Goran Visnjic, examine dilemmas journalists habitually face in war zones or not: how to remain objective, whether compassion is appropriate and whether or not to become involved with a story. The journalists, part of a profession where bravado, gallow humour and stamina for drink and adrenalin go with the territory, bring these characteristics to the fore in their perilous bunker, Sarajevo's infamous Holiday Inn. The film is based partly on the true story of Michael Henderson's (played by Dillane) experience in war-torn Bosnia. Henderson, then others, cross the line of objectivity in their promise to help some of the traumatised children of the bombarded city. There are no easy answers in war. I read ... how the film moved a physician to serve in Bosnia and has been used to educate students in modern history. Who needs an Oscar with real life affirmations such as these?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
From a teaching standpoint,
By A Customer
This review is from: Welcome to Sarajevo [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I am currently student teaching in a high school class called RUSH (Recent U.S. History). Part of the classroom discussion has turned to the continued conflict in Yugoslavia. I reccommended that students watch this movie and review it for an extra credit assignment, with parental permission. I haven't gotten any of the reviews back yet, but the students have conveyed that the reality of the this movie proved to be one of the best learning experiences of their lives. It doesn't have a lot of Hollywood dramatization to it and it does stick to the facts and brutality of living in a city under siege. It can be used as a great teaching tool for mature high school and college students. It was where I first saw it!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sad look at war,
By Carol Green (Sooke, BC Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: NEW Welcome To Sarajevo (DVD) (DVD)
I loved this movie and Stephen Dillane was great. He does not get the recognition that he deserves. Also this was the first movie where I actually liked Woody Harrelson. I would recommended that everyone see this movie.
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