I am a living illustration of Bosnian mixing and converting. My grandparents lived in eastern Herzegovina. Very poor. The Turks came and brought Islam. There were three brothers in the family. One was Orthodox Christian. The other two took Islam to survive. Emir Kusturica bosnianbringbrother share on social
Yugoslavia was a kind of superpower. Great movies. Beautiful novels. Great rock-and-roll. We became a superpower in basketball. The problem is that people needed to identify more strongly with it after Tito and his awful, tricky way of leading the country. Emir Kusturica awfulbasketballbeautiful share on social
What you have now is a Hollywood that is pure poison. Hollywood was a central place in the history of art in the 20th century: it was human idealism preserved. And then, like any great place, it collapsed, and it collapsed into the most awful machinery in the world. Emir Kusturica 20thartawful share on social
That is a Medieval way of drawing history, in which they do not respect the law and want the rest of the world to respect the law. That's not possible. Emir Kusturica drawhistorylaw Change image and share on social
Making movies is a dangerous job. Because you are always the one who stands at the center of the universe when making movies. Emir Kusturica centerdangerousjob Change image and share on social
I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence. Emir Kusturica effectfamoushave Change image and share on social
The most difficult part of making movies is to keep making them. Maybe, you could make the biggest hit in the world, but then the big problem is what to do next and how to maintain devoted to a certain instinct that I have about films. Emir Kusturica bigdevotedifficult share on social
Every time I'm shooting a movie I want to kill myself. Because I don't see the light in the end of the tunnel. Emir Kusturica endkilllight Change image and share on social
I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Emir Kusturica cutfilmwizard Change image and share on social
I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens. Emir Kusturica buildchoosecitizen Change image and share on social
