Emir Kusturica’s autobiography is a candid and colorful account by the director about himself.
It is as if Kusturica is writing the script for a film in which he himself plays the lead role. Here is the story of a “Titanic” that was saved at the cost of a broken hand. Here is an account of his first meeting with a woman. And here is the only line he was supposed to say when he got his first tiny role in cinema. There is also the story of how the future director Kusturica several times tried to watch the famous “Amarcord” by Fellini—and, to his shame, each time fell asleep in the very first frames. A story about friendship with Johnny Depp, about his films and the rock band, about the war that forever changed his native Sarajevo, about friends and chance acquaintances—about life and death, about hatred and love…
Emir Kusturica’s autobiography is a book about what until now has always remained off-screen.
Emir Kusturica (born as Nemanja; Serbian: Emir Kusturica; born November 24, 1954, Sarajevo, FNRY) is a Yugoslav and Serbian film director, honored with awards from major European film festivals, including two “Palme d’Or” branches from the Cannes Film Festival. Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour, foreign member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska. Besides his work in film, Kusturica is known as a participant in the folk-rock group The No Smoking Orchestra.