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Cinema
In the few years since independence, Montenegrin cinema has yet to set the world alight.
Someone that's working hard to change that is Marija Perović, who is credited with being
the country's first female film and TV director. She followed up her 2004 debut Opet pak-
ujemo majmune (Packing the Monkeys, Again!) with Gledaj me (Look at Me) in 2008.
Montenegro-born Veljko Bulajić has been directing movies since the 1950s, with his
most recent being Libertas in 2006. His Vlak bez voznog reda (Train Without a Timetable)
was nominated for the Golden Palm at Cannes in 1959, while Rat (War) was nominated
for the Golden Lion at the 1960 Venice Film Festival. In 1969 he wrote and directed Bitka
na Neretvi (The Battle of Neretva), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Foreign Language Film.
Another noteworthy Yugoslav-era director was Živko Nikolić (1941-2001), who direc-
ted 24 features from the 1960s to 1990s.
Montenegro's biggest Hollywood success is cinematographer Bojan Bazelli, whose
titles include King of New York (1990), Kalifornia (1993), Mr & Mrs Smith (2005), Hair-
spray (2007) and Rock of Ages (2012).
Ironically, the movie that springs to most people's minds when they think of
Montenegro is the 2006 James Bond flick Casino Royale; the Montenegrin scenes were
actually shot in the Czech Republic. The Golden Palm-nominated Montenegro (1981),
directed by Serb Dušan Makavejev, was set in Sweden.
The unusual oro is a circle dance accompanied by the singing of the participants as they tease each other
and take turns to enter the circle and perform a stylised eagle dance. For a dramatic conclusion, the strap-
ping lads form a two storey circle, standing on each other's shoulders.
 
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