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PLASTIC JESUS

The movie PLASTIC JESUS was made by:

I don't believe in revolutions, because...

it's not done by people, because of shooting,

killing, slaughtering, choking...

Those are not the real things...

Yes, sir!

OLD COMRADES OFF TO FIGHT...

OLD FRIENDSHIPS PULL US TIGHT,

SURMOUNTING OBSTACLES AND DIFFICULTIES TOO.

FORWARD COMRADES, CHARGE YOUR GUNS TOO

FOR OFF TO VICTORY WE GO.

OUR REGIMENT MARCHES ITS STEP FIRM,

ITS STEP ECHOES AT EVERY TURN,

OUR STEPS BEAT ALONG,

TO THE SOUND OF A HAPPY SONG...

HEAD OFFICE

LAUGH AND JOKE, WHILE YOU STILL MAY,

TOMORROW THE REGIMENT WILL BE FAR AWAY.

SUCH IS, FELLOW COMRADES, THIS OUR LIFE...

FOR TOMORROW MAY BRING DEATH AND STRIFE.

WC - MEN

Screwing is healthy, and that's why soldiers masturbate a lot.

They don't allow soldiers to ball,

because they're less fit afterwards.

Politics and sex...

have no connection whatsoever, except...

under... under the covers.

Do I put on my A-shirt?

I like to steal when... broke.

I steal... only... books... because...

because I like to read.

I may have kids, but...

but I like to kill.

This pimple on my tummy is here since my birth.

JUST BECAUSE WE ARE PILOTS,

OUR HOME IS THE SKY...

WITH US, PLANES COME FIRST...

AND GIRLS, GIRLS NEXT WE EYE...

JUST BECAUSE WE ARE PILOTS...

OUR HOME IS THE SKY...

WITH US, PLANES COME FIRST...

AND GIRLS, AND GIRLS NEXT WE EYE.

JUST BECAUSE WE ARE PILOTS...

OUR HOME IS THE SKY...

FOR US PLANES COME FIRST...

AND GIRLS... GIRLS NEXT WE EYE.

Are you tired? -I got it. No.

Do you speak Croatian? -Of course I do.

Why didn't you say? -You never asked.

Who's she? -A friend back from the States.

Her American is good. -Let's make some fire.

A fire? -Yeah. Right now?

That would be best.

May I have a look? -You may.

Have you got matches?

Am I that Jesus? -Then I'm Virgin Mary.

What am I? A car? -Were you really an actor?

Sure, in big films too.

There're actors and actors. -And what do you do?

A model. -You just said you were Virgin Mary.

Time to go home. -Sure, it's late.

Will you fetch me? -No, it's late. -That's it.

HELLO, BELOVED LAND, TO YOU I GIVE MY HAND...

HOMELAND, FULL OF BLOOMS, YOU ARE IN MY HEART.

HELLO, DISTANT LAND OF MINE.

GO WITH GOD, WHILE WE PART.

A SOLDIER'S LIFE IS GOOD, IN PEACE AND WAR TOO.

EVEN IF WE MUST DIE TOMORROW,

BE MERRY TODAY WITHOUT ADIEU

Fuck off!

Do you really expect to kill something with it?

It's not hunting. You've got to score sometimes.

You know why the frescoes were made in Germany?

Where else could they be made?

Where are your kings? Over there and down.

And Karaðorðe?

He is not here. They chopped his head off.

So what? -What do I know?

They said he's buried there. -Maybe.

Let me ask.

Are you coming with me? -Never.

You know, someone told me

that this was the king's vineyard.

There was a peasant who owned a piece of land, and the king wanted it,

but couldn't meet the peasant's price,

so it was left as it was.

Really? -Sure. -That's just royalist propaganda.

Why? This could happen today too. -That would be

socialist propaganda. -And Kosmaj? -There.

Were there Partisans or Chetniks?

Both, since they killed each other.

GET READY, CHETNIKS,

A GREAT BATTLE'S IN STORE.

GET READY, CHETNIKS

A GREAT BATTLE'S IN STORE.

THE CHETNIK BUGLE'S SOUNDING...

GET READY FOR MORE,

THE CHETNIK BUGLE'S SOUNDING...

GET READY FOR MORE,

PICK UP YOUR GUNS

AND HURL YOUR BOMBS...

PICK UP YOUR GUNS

AND HURL YOUR BOMBS...

Based on your consensual declarations and regulations on marriage law,

On behalf of the New Belgrade Municipal, I declare

that the marriage, in terms of the marriage law,

was concluded in the presence of the registrar and witnesses present

Sign, please. Signt first, and then you can...

All the best wishes. Congratulations.

Sign. Here goes surname, here first name.

Put your maiden name first. Then your husband's.

Witnesses.

Moment, please. Wait. -They're in a hurry, you can't do nothing about it.

You're free now.

You can congratulate immediately afterwards.

Congratulations. Good luck.

Good luck.

HE WHO'S GOT A PRETTY WIFE,

DOES NOT NEED GUESTS...

HE WHO'S GOT AN UGLY WIFE,

HAS HIS MIND AT REST.

GERMAN NEWSREEL

DANZIG IS GERMAN AGAIN

WAKE UP, GERMANY, FROM YOUR DEEP SLEEP.

FOR OUR ANCIENT DREAM WE SHALL ACHIEVE,

FOR YOUR RESURRECTION WE WANT TO FIGHT,

UNTIL YOUR FOES GET LOST...

FOR YOUR RESURRECTION WE WANT TO FIGHT,

UNTIL YOUR FOES GET LOST.

WE, AS SOLDIERS OF OUR HOMELAND, LIVE...

IT'S EVER IN OUR HEARTS, WHEN OUR LIVES WE GIVE...

WE ARE FAITHFUL TO IT, FAITHFUL NIGHT AND DAY...

LONG LIVE OUR FÜHRER, LONG LIVE OUR HITLER!

WE ARE FAITHFUL TO IT, FAITHFUL NIGHT AND DAY,

LONG LIVE OUR FÜHRER, LONG LIVE OUR HITLER.

ALL DECENT GERMANS WILL HAVE TO REALIZE,

ONLY THE BEST NATIONAL SOCIALISTS

ARE IN THE PARTY!

OLDER GENERATIONS MAY STILL WAVER.

THE YOUTH IS PLEDGED TO US...

BECAUSE THE IDEA AND THE MOVEMENT

ARE LIVING EXPRESSIONS OF OUR PEOPLE

AND THIS IS A SYMBOL OF THE ETERNAL!

LONG LIVE THE MOVEMENT! LONG LIVE GERMANY!

BREAKTHROUGH ATTEMPT BY THE SOVIETS.

325.000 PRISONERS

BE SEEING YOU, MY LOVE FOR TODAY WE DEPART...

YOU'LL STAY ALONE AGAIN, REMEMBER ME, SWEETHEART.

This is Vukica Ðilas, with us body and soul.

How's married life? -No complaints.

Look, she's got that flat you need.

It's good to have a flat in Belgrade.

It's my brother's, but he's in Paris.

Unfortunately, I don't need it anymore.

How come? You dropped that American gal?

No, read this. -So it's your landlady only?

Such a big buy and only one female. Look, drugs!

The chick was an addict? -I had no idea.

A FLOWER BLOOMS IN THE MEADOW,

AND IT'S NAME IS ERIKA!

AND ROUND FLIES A LITTLE BEE,

LONGING FOR IT... ERIKA!

FULL OF JOY IS ITS HEART,

THE SCENT FOR THE SKY PARTS...

A FLOWER BLOOMS IN THE MEADOW,

AND ITS NAME IS ERIKA.

IN MY HOMELAND LIVES A LITTLE GIRL,

AND HER NAME IS ERIKA!

THIS GIRL IS ONE AMONG A HUNDRED THOUSAND...

AND MY LUCK... ERIKA!

HER HEART IS RICH, SHE'S MY TREASURE - ERIKA!

A FLOWER BLOOMS IN THE MEADOW,

AND ITS NAME IS ERIKA!

Where have you been, Tom? I was out filming.

Wait! There was blood all over,

and the other one gave him a kick with his foot.

Who? -The black guy. -They beat up the Negro?

No, he was kicking.

We had three secrets. -Really?

The first one's kissing. -Where? -On the mouth.

The second was touching breasts. -How?

Third secret is balling. -What? -The pussy.

A pal of mine had huge breasts and guys

wanted just the second secret. -Really?

Big boobs? That I'd like to film.

Why not film me? -Do you want to? -Sure.

How about a movie camera? -Sure.

We'd film everything. -Out of the question.

We'll shoot everything. -No!

That's the best. -No, I wouldn't dare.

You're a maniac. -Why? -That's a real film.

That's perverse. -Why? I'd film a girl with...

3 guys: front, behind and in the mouth.

Then a woman 7 months pregnant...

You're a maniac, you're crazy...

And the one who can get it up...

does it with a knife. -You're nuts!

That's nothing.

Filming queers... that's...

Hey Comrade, where is Marshall Tito Str.?

Just around the corner.

Aren't you from there? -No, I'm from Zagreb.

I'm from Titovo Užice. -That's a good thing.

There are at least 2000 of them. -Are they students? -Yes.

Surrounded by cops. -Why don't they disperse them?

why? It's as well for them.

Let me look at it.

Look there.

STUDENTS! WORKERS!

MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN HURT BY THE USE OF FIREARMS.

MURDERERS!

THE POLICE HAVE BEHAVED BRUTALLY.

Judge: do you know that the present law bans a communist propaganda?

Josip Broz: I was not aware that I violated any laws.

Natural laws are higher than those meant to oppress another class.

I'm ready to sacrifice my life for my ideals.

If I had the money, I'd go to the States.

My mom's a pain in the ass.

In America, I'd shoot underground movies.

I wouldn't take you. There are many like you.

LAND OF BROTHERHOOD AND UNITY...

OUR NEW REPUBLIC.

Be careful. It's expensive. -Never mind. Žika'll send us money.

What am I to write to Žika? -I don't know.

I've got to write something. -It's up to you.

If you want a divorce, then it's up to you too.

I am not for that.

Someone's looking for Tom.

My landlady, Sanja. That's Ljuša.

There's a job for you.

Are you still with movies?

Žika wrote to me, so it's up to you to decide.

My fight with Žika has nothing to do with you.

You know each other? -No, we don't.

My tenant. Žika's sister. -Gotovac. -Ðilas...

How come Ðilas? -Žika and I have two fathers.

EAST AND WEST ARE WAKING UP,

NORTH AND SOUTH ARE WAKING UP!

LET'S ALL GO ON THE ATTACK,

FORWARD COMRADES, ALL TOGETHER...

THE ARMY, BRAVE AND GRAND,

THE ARMY DEFENDS THE LAND.

WE ARE FIGHTERS TOO.

ALL THE YEAR THROUGH.

ALL THE YEAR THROUGH.

WHEN WE GET OLDER, WHEN WE GET BOLDER...

A BATTALION, WE SHALL BE, A BATTALION, YOU AND ME.

What are you showing to the kid? -It can't see.

Who's that girl? When did you shoot that?

I'm just editing it for a pal.

I know the pals you have.

DENMARK

HOLLAND

SPAIN

VOLUNTEERS AGAINST RUSSIA!

ITALY

ROMANIA

SLOVAKIA

HUNGARY

CROATIA

You need the firmness to support the voice...

When you soften the throat, you're safe...

The inhaling and exhaling air makes the tone great.

The critics praise me as another Yugoslav...

and I was happy about it.

Beards don't bother you? -Not at all. I'm used to them.

Who could imagine Samson without a beard?

Pharaohs had beards too.

I played pharaoh's daughter even if

I come from the Banat plains.

That wouldn't look good.

Where did you come from? -How come? What's this?

Just a minute. -No explanations. Get out.

You get yourself out of here. -You called me?

No, let's go.

Move those things. -Wait a moment.

You left it in the middle of the road.

Stop, you motherfucker...

How much? -Four.

And for a whole night? -Well, 30.

I meant only the bed. -What?

Bed only! -Fuck off.

I didn't mean. -You fag!

Can I hang my coat here? -That's mine. Put it there.

FIRE THE BULLETS, MACEDONIA...

I look like Goce Delèev with a hat and moustache.

Gimme a drink...

You don't know who Goce Delèev is?

It's cold in here. -He was a freedom fighter.

SCREW ALL OVER AND IN THE STREETS,

JUST KEEP THE CLAP OFF THE BEAT...

He's got no clap, I'm sure of that.

He's hairy and soft. My cock so limp...

SCREW ALL OVER BUT BEWARE OF CLAP...

I can't do without it. It's a little warmer now.

COMRADE TITO, COMRADE TITO, YOU WHITE VIOLET...

ALL YOUNG PEOPLE LOVE YOU...

IS THAT YOUR LAST WORD?

HE NEVER COULD ADMIT DEFEAT

THAT'S THE IRONY OF IT.

BECAUSE WE CAN DEFEND OURSELVES

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? -YES.

WE CAN ATTEST THAT EVEN THE WORD "LOVE"...

WAS NOT UTTERED BETWEEN US.

WE SAID ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS...

THAT WE'VE GOT TO CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE...

AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE BLINDED BY INVESTMENTS...

MANY QUARRELS ABOUT INVESTMENTS...

HAVE BLINDED 'EM AND THEY FORGOT THE MAN!

WE CAN'T BUILD STRUCTURES WITHOUT THE MAN.

WE JUST CAN'T. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THIS REFLECTS EVENTS

IN FRANCE... GERMANY... CZECHOSLOVAKIA...

THAT'S NOT SO. IT REFLECTS OUR WEAKNESSES

WHICH WE HAVE TO DECIDE UPON NOW.

WE SHOULDN'T BLAME THE SO-CALLED

FOREIGN INFLUENCE ETC...

I am innocent!

Don't drag your feet.

You motherfucker. -It's not me. -Sit down you...

I'll kill you!

So you were naked, huh? -I am not guilty.

We'll see. These are your things. -Yes...

You sit down.

What's this? -It's a cup, a festival award.

I ain't stolen? -No. I got it. -Your name?

Gotovac Tomislav. -Mark that down.

Occupation?

Filmmaker. -Place of work?

It's freelance work. -A bum, so to speak?

No, I make movies. -Put down: photographer.

What's this? -An editing machine. -Sit!

Is it expensive? -Sure, I had...

Shut up. Just answer my questions.

What's this? -An 8 mm movie projector.

Show me how it works.

Well... you thread the film in here...

then you put the reel here... -Okay.

Put it down here.

Sit over there.

Where are you from? -From Zagreb.

What are you doing here? -Making movies.

Why here? -Belgrade's a big city.

Where do you live here? -Nowhere anymore.

How do you know those two? -I don't know'em.

I made a movie with them. -You hang out together.

No, I don't. -And what about tonight?

I was kicked out by my landlady, so I went there.

Where does the beard come from? -I grew it.

There's no beard on your ID.

DAYS OF HITLER'S GERMANY ARE NUMBERED.

THE SOVIET FLAG FLIES ALREADY OVER BERLIN...

AND IN THE RED SQUARE IN MOSCOW

IN FRONT OF GREAT STALIN, MARCH THE VICTORIOUS ONES.

How could I know it's you? I just moved here.

Of course, you can.

13th floor, on the right. Take the elevator.

What about your beard? -Forget it.

Where's the bathroom? -There. -There?

Okay, I need a bite, bath and a good sleep.

And? -That "and"... some other time.

Who made you up like that? -Law and order.

I forgot my pill. -What pill?

You're no kid, you know what pill.

Put out that light.

I can't sleep without a pillow.

You just don't care.

Relax. Not every bang produces a baby.

Change the tune. You've whistled it all day.

You may prefer this one. -Change is always good.

Okay, we'll change.

COMRADE CITIZENS,

ENGLISH, AMERICAN AND FRENCH CAPITALISTS

WAGE A WAR AGAINST RUSSIA...

So you wear make-up? -On special occasions.

OUR FIGHTERS ARE SETTING AN EXAMPLE TO ALL NATIONS.

THE CAPITALISTS OF ENGLAND, FRANCE AND AMERICA

ARE HELPING RUSSIAN SQUIRES

AGAINST SOVIET AUTHORITIES

ALL OVER RUSSIA

IN ORDER TO RE-ESTABLISH CAPITALIST RULE.

BUT THAT WON'T HAPPEN...

That's a lot better.

I'm going to get a drink.

Who's that? -A pal from the University.

Naked? -It's hot outside.

Thanks.

What about studies? -It's okay.

You don't mind if I get dressed?

How long are we to live on canned food?

I am no cook. Get used to it.

Who's that, dammit?

It's simple. You go into a store, take a book...

then take another and put it on top...

Hide the one you want and put back the other.

Then cross your hands, look cool, and that's it.

Tom, go get us some coffee. -We got it.

Tom, there's A PLACE IN THE SUN at the movies.

I saw it 12 times.

UNDERNEATH THE LANTERN BY THE BARRACKS GATE,

DARLING I REMEMBER THE WAY YOU USED TO WAIT,

AS DID LILLY MARLEEN...

WELL THERE WHERE YOU WHISPERED TENDERLY

THAT YOU LOVE ME, YOU'D ALWAYS BE...

MY LILLY OF THE LAMPLIGHT...

MY OWN LILLY MARLEEN...

I WOULD COME FOR ROLLCALL, TIME FOR US TO PART...

DARLING, I'D CARRESS YOU AND PRESS YOU TO MY HEART...

It's time you find a job. -You haven't got a job.

But I study. -Like hell you study.

I know a TV executive. -Did you screw him?

He's preparing a series. -I don't think they...

would let me do what I usually do.

We could try, if you want.

"I won't touch the stars tonight,

not to wrong the soul, or the glands out in plight.

I was born and started to think as a joke...

turned everything into a joke, was found hanging, as a joke...

I'm a bit dead, but never mind,

Death is just a fault to humankind.

Walls, but where are the doors,

Get me a lawyer, he implores.

Says the doctor to the convict: open wide...

How're your bowels, he asks.

Says the convict: constipated, so what?

Human head suits fine, to all of you, pals of mine.

I'd ask, but I had it:

Is there life on this planet?

Every morning it's plain to see,

Yesterday will today, tomorrow be...

You've done okay, but TV has it's own rules...

We expected the series, especially your film,

to be more poetical.

We'll have to cut it, but you'll get paid.

I feel sick. -It's time for me to have a kid.

Sure, but not with me. -It's all the same to me.

It's the sexual inequality that's bothering me.

Do you want me to bear babies for you?

I want you to be a responsible husband and father. -Ready and able!

New corporals.

Numerous recruits of the Croatian armed forces

were sworn in to the Leader and to Croatia.

Is it over already? -It takes only 10 minutes.

And? -As I thought. -Congratulations.

I don't intend to raise children all my life.

Doing what, then? -Doing what I want to.

You start digging now? -Better five minutes in pain, than an entire life.

Pick me up at 8:30.

There's still time to change your mind. -My mind's made up.

Hurry up. It's 9 o'clock.

You owe me 6.000.

You make sure it is in focus. They're maps.

You said political documents.

Who cares? It pays. -How much?

30.000. -It's risky, old man.

50.000 or no deal. -Okay, this time...

but it won't be you next time. -It's up to you.

Look at the material.

Is that yours? -No, some TV scrap.

Who threw that away? That's perfect.

In some...

years this'll be... worth millions.

CROATIA IN WORDS

NEWSREEL No. 14

SPECIAL EDITION

FESTIVE OPENING OF THE CROATIAN STATE ASSEMBLY

Honorable, esteemed, supreme, eminent, noble...

wise, beloved and faithful.

By my decree of February 11, 1942...

I convene the Croatian State Assembly

in the Croatian capital Zagreb on 02.23.1942.

reincarnating thus the ancient Croatian

national institution and the ancient constitutional factor.

In peacetime the Assembly is for the Croatian people

a factor promoting the blessed Croatian land

making it an honorable place to live

for generations of Croats.

In wartime, during the long, terrible wars...

the Croatian nation had to endure...

the Assembly defended the property and lives...

Through the ages it has followed

the existence of the Croatian people.

There were attempts to exterminate

that institution, but it was short lived...

BELOVED LAND, THROUGH THE AGES OUR HOME

KEEP GROWING IN GLORIOUS BLISS,

BELOVED AND GLORIOUS...

YOU'RE OUR ONE AND ONLY BELOVED LAND OF OURS.

THE END

THE YOUTH MARCHES ON, ITS STEP FIRM...

THE YOUTH MARCHES ON, TOWARDS ITS GOAL...

Home sweet home!

I had no time to let you know I was coming.

I flew in this morning and here I am.

When did you get this? -Just recently.

This must cost about 20 million? -30.

Not too much.

He called me yesterday and flew in this morning.

Tom and I are engaged. -I am glad.

I hear a lot of good things about you.

You are in movies, right? -Yep. -That's fine.

This is my real daddy.

How do you like my brother? -He's okay.

Vukica's looking good.

Who's that chick?

Vukica introduced her to me. -Nice hair.

Is filming her all you did, Tom?

What else could I do, while holding my camera?

I LOVE YOU AND DESPITE ALL...

I FEEL MY HEART BEAT...

IT BEATS AND BEATS.

BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHY.

Since we were last here it changed a lot.

Of course, it's the capital. -The Old Croat!

Get a shot of me with the monument and the bridge.

That eyesore needs to be removed.

God be with you. -So help you, Fellow.

How's business? -Not so good, you see...

We lose 50 and earn 25. -It's all planned...

you can lose 60.000 at first...

I am doing my job. -It's okay.

We could live a few years off that money.

You have to put your capital in motion.

These horses don't look good.

It's good enough for starters.

As a writer and a humanist,

I can't let horses look that way.

That's 50 rides...

people who don't know how to ride...

don't think this is right.

Without rides, there's not even 25.000 in earnings.

Your man is in a bad mood. -He's a writer...

Be careful. You're scaring him.

You've got to make a horse see reason.

COMRADE TITO...

LET ME ASK YOU...

MAY WE KEEP TWO...

MAY WE KEEP TWO?

YOU MAY HAVE SEVEN... JUST BE DILIGENT...

I was a POW the whole time.

After the war we had to rebuild, so we helped out.

I thought he'd never leave.

What could I do there?

Until you learn the language...

manual work.

like bathing corpses, driving trucks...

That takes too long.

If you learn the language...

you can be an assistant photographer, cameraman...

an assistant cameraman...

No prospects if you don't speak the language.

That's tough.

You're better off here in the village...

You stay here, buy a house and make movies.

I have no money to buy me a house.

THERE'S A HOUSE IN ZAGREB...

AND A YOUNG MAN IN THE HOUSE...

A roast pig. A clean cut idyll.

It's a clean house.

We'll take that off with water.

THE YOUNG MAN PICKS A WIFE...

THE WIFE PICKS A SON...

Our father, who art in heaven...

Oh Jesus, our God...

bless our food and drink...

Is it tough for you alone, Granny?

It's tough being alone.

I'm here now and we'll come more often...

All together... we've got a car...

How old are you, Granny? -87.

Grandpa was younger. -Who killed him?

Some gang, armed ones. -Chetniks? -Some gang.

Have a nap, Slavica. -No. -You've got to.

Mother, let's look over those tax forms.

Why do you drink that much?

None of your business.

I'm just saying...

Everybody envies you. People are poor.

I don't move without this. Be careful.

It's heavy. -But reliable.

Sanya, let me tell you something.

Send the kid off. -Go and check on daddy.

ALL RUSHED OUT, BELGRADE LADIES...

LET THE BLOOD BE SHED, FOR THE FREEDOM OF SERBIA!

What is it? -I forgot to take my pill.

It's neither our first nor our last time.

You're always joking.

There's no excuse. I saw it all.

You foolish drunk, and with my gun.

What do we do now? -I'll turn myself in.

Female logic. I've got to drown him now...

What shall we say? Have you seen it?

WHEN YOU HEAR THE MUSIC,

IT'S PRETTY RIKA WITH HER FIANCE...

THEY DANCED TOGETHER...

AND SEALED THIS ROMANCE WITH A KISS...

GRADUATION PRODUCTION IN FILM DIRECTION,

PRODUCED BY "CENTAR FILM", BELGRADE

AND THE ACADEMY OF THEATER, FILM, RADIO & TV, BELGRADE.

ARCHIVE MATERIALS FURNISHED BY:

THE ACADEMY, DUNAV FILM, YUGOSLAV FILM LIBRARY,

AND THE FOLLOWING FILMMAKERS:

THE END