In the Land of Blood and Honey (2012)

Love’s Traitor

“There are obviously reasons not to like this movie: woman director (wrong gender); portrayal of gender in war (not romantic or boys’ club-y); both its ambiguity and its moral stance (normally we try to go for one or the other—or better yet, neither!); its portrayal of a lesser known region (you could have made it about Italy instead!) by an outsider (you mean her parents aren’t FROM the former Yugoslavia? You mean artists can care about—Other People? But why, why? History is about being callous, right?). 

Although those are the reasons I liked it, you know. 

I also don’t think that it’s Serb-bashing (or West-bashing) in an unthinking, whining way, although it certainly doesn’t shy away from showing blood and coarseness and all the shit of war, you know. ” read more