No More Heroes Any More - video and commentaries

No More Heroes Any More
video and commentaries

Director: MARKO A. KOVACIC Starring: SEBASTJAN STARIC, ZIGA SAKSIDA, MATJAZ PIKALO - Dr. Voice, MARKO A. KOVACIC Script: MARKO A. KOVACIC Based on the performance "No More Heroes Any More" by Marko A. Kovacic, Matjaz Pikalo, Ziga Saksida and Sebastjan Staric Director of Photography: ANDREJ LUPINC Editor: ANDREJ KREGAR Music: BORGHESIA Producer: EVA ROHRMAN Sets: KOKO ART Technical Supervisor: ANDREJ KREGAR Assistant Director: BARBARA BORCIC Sound: ALDO IVANCIC, EVA ROHRMAN Choreography: SEBASTJAN STARIC General Assistant: BORUT CAJNKO Pyrotechnics & Precision Mechanics: JANEZ HABIC-BOMBA Make-up: ONE FICTION FACTORY, ZIGA SAKSIDA Filmed and Edited at VIDEO PRODUCTION KREGAR STUDIOS Supported by: Video Production Kregar; Ministry of Culture, Slovenia; City Council for Culture, Ljubljana Production: V.S. VIDEO / FORUM, 1992 duration: 19 minutes format: Betacam SP When war is reality, the metaphorical representations of war are by definition weak and, of course, schematic - especially film portrayals of war. Viewed in light of the Balkan situation, Rambo is a rather ... What happens when the protagonists meet at the black-and-red chessboard? The game rules are precise and strict, the competitors are experienced and ready to fight. The crowd... After we have seen the real death (and we are still watching it) from our comfortable seats, Marko Kovacic appeared with his video which, however, does not represent a condemnation of violence and atrocities of war, but rather deals with our Gaze... The multimedia project by Marko Kovacic is one of those products which first drive us to laughter, but later this laughter acceleratingly mixes with the dreadful associations which -- in our times and places -- cannot be avoided. The play with... Marko Kovacic's "fallen heroes" instigate violence, and focus it more and more sharply; nevertheless, violence in this project is effectively featured from its stylized, aesthetic, and ironic angle -- for example, with referring to Hitchcock, but...