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Title: Outrageous parody of carefree life next the Danube
Review: Kusturica pulls off a masterful and affectionate parody of life and customs of Serbian Gypsies on the Danube. His best sendups are of the would-be large and small-time crooks in the story. An overdose of slapstick is neatly cancelled by his great use of great music - who else would spring Grandpa from a hospital by brass band invasion? Which unexplained capo trussed the musicians to play up a tree? Any chamber musician who has ever felt more like servant than artist will feel right at home with that scene. Amid this inspired chaos, the family members dutifully taking care of each other at cross purposes balance further parodies of Balkan violence. A work of genius, and to those fluent enough to recognize the Serbian and Romany epithets behind the subtitles, a fine education in the art of strong language.
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