Aleksandar Sascaron;a Petrovic (1929ndash;1994) was one of the most significant filmmakers to come out of Socialist Yugoslavia. He was by far the most awarded director on a national level; winning three Golden Arenas at the Yugoslav Film Festival in Pula; as well as receiving all the highest state awards. He was also acclaimed internationally; and the first Yugoslav director to win prizes at the Cannes Film Festival; in 1967; as well as Oscar nominations in 1967 and 1968. His film; I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967); was seen by 200;000 people in Paris alone; and was extensively distributed worldwide. The author has defined four themes that have; particularly in Petrovicrsquo;s mature work; consistently provided a sharp and thorough commentary on political life and its contradictions. Petrovic regularly investigated: (a) interethnic relationships; and/or the position of ethnic minorities (b) the position of religion in society (or societies) (c) the relationships between political establishments and non-privileged (or marginal) groups in society (or societies) (d) the dogmatic nature of ideologies and/or religions. As Petrovic scrutinised these themes; he introduced a specific anti-dogmatic position of his own; which permeates his later films. This position became a significant element of his authorial signature ndash; if one admits a continuing concern for notions of authorship.
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