Lucky Kid

General Information

Original Title
Sretno dijete
Author/Creator
Mirković, Igor, director.
Subtitles
English
Published
Gerila DV Film ; Grlić, Rajko, 2003.
Physical Description
DVD-ROM (97 min.)
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00002294

Contents/Summary

Summary
In this documentary, Igor Mirković, originally a news reporter, portrays the emergence of the independent, vibrant new wave punk-rock musical scene in Zagreb, ex-Yugoslavia, emerging at the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s. Most of the documentary consists of his interviews with Zagreb rock singers and other important actors on the scene as well as with some of their Belgrade counterparts. With plenty of original musical and archival images from the period, the film makes no claim to objectivity, but is rather a monument to the generation that grew up in the belief that rock’n’roll is larger than life. The story is narrated from the perspective of an outsider since the author was just a teenager when the scene exploded and is concerned with illustrating the life-long influence of rock-music on his way of life. Through Zagreb, Ljubljana, Vienna, Belgrade, Budapest, Paris, Utrecht and New York, the author thus finds himself in pursuit of the heroes of his youth. Mirković also implicitly tried to interconnect his rock story with the fall of socialism: he provides a historical background by bringing in important political moments of the period such as the death of Tito or the evolving economic crisis.

Subjects

Genre
Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation
Lucky Kid

Holdings

Item Type Current Location Call Number Status Shelving Location Public Note
DVD-ROMOSA Film LibraryFL Record 0545Available--
Digital filmOSA Film LibraryFL Record 0545
(HU_OSA_00002294.mp4)
AvailableAccess Copy, MP4 format