Black Cat, White Cat (1998)

The Worst Film Ever

i must have seen a different film!!

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

I'm a big fan of Kusturica's work. He his one of the smartest and unexpected filmmakers ever. Of course you have to understand, enjoy and "get in to" his way of telling a story: all the over the top visuals, the kitsch environment and characters, the unusual soundtracks, the "controlled bad taste"; the subtle, amazing details and twists. That is Kusturica! And Black Cat White Cat delivers like no other. The PitBull Terrier song inside the limousine, the nail in the board scene, the toilet paper/goose climax are just outstanding, clever and ingenious ... Kusturica's at his best. Character development ans plot are excellent, delivering balance inside all the madness and bizarre ( a pig eating an Volkswagen Beatle throughout the film is priceless ), always maintaining pace and plot coherence. This is not easy to achieve and Kusturica is the master in pulling it of, using nothing but skill, art, irony, intelligence and... music. Music sets the pace of the film, delivers ups and downs with nothing but chord changes... music is so important in Black Cat White Cat. Please watch this movie. But watch it with an open mind and a joyful heart. If you do so, you are in for a ride of a lifetime!

CREEPY-POOPY INSANELY-FUNNY.....ENJOY ITNatural and amazing, Black Cat, White Cat is like 'what the f*n'. Totally creepy, indigestible, weird and stupid, this film is full of entertainment and loudness to laugh. Extraordinary though by director and same goes for his selection of cast, actress and actresses. Most of the time it feels whats going on but soon you get on the track. but not to forget a thing that during the whole time we can enjoy the weirdness present in it. Nothing great in the plot, still its a movie to enjoy for its direction, acting, and yes the people.Just don't know what kept me watching it but boy did i enjoyed. Definitely not the great movie but again definitely special movie. Who needs good faces and lot of make-up.....if you have something to tell, it can be told naturally. Far way ahead of insane artificial monty python's.

Just two days ago, an evening ahead of an exam, I decided I was going to watch Black cat, white cat for the second time for it had been a long time since I had seen it.Now, even though I remembered large parts and particularly that I had found it a very good movie the first time even, the movie hit me even harder this second time now that I could afford the luxury to look at details with a closer eye.First off, visually it is one of the strongest movies I have ever seen. The camera-placing is very simple but brilliant for most parts you see the movie as if you were at the place yourself. As mentioned in other comments, the landscape provided gives an extra power to the already wonderful images.Next to visual beauty, any film who wants to outgrow the average has need of a soundtrack similar to the movie. In Black cat White cat, personally, I think that is the case. Not that I fancy gypsy music particularly, I think that is not even a requirement per se. This type of music was just a must to bring over the lifestyle of Balkan-people, and secondly, it adds a sort a speed that fits with the hyperactive events that take place.About the acting, there isn't much to say except for it is brilliant. Even the smaller roles don't make the movie fall out of place. This part you would have to make up for yourself, as to me views about acting performances are more subjective than about the storyline or the visual power.As to conclude, I would very much like to say that, if you call yourself an admirer of the better work of cinema, you got to have seen this movie.'I think it will be the beginning of beautiful friendship'

One must not need to don a sociologist's hat to understand the funny ways,bizarre manners and traditional behavioral patterns of Balkan gypsy people. As they are true to life they form everlasting bonds with the most common of people.According to Kusturica,an essential lesson that can be learned from his film is that for Gypsies the honor of the family is sacrosanct and ethical codes have to be followed. Black cat,White cat is a powerful example of a film with huge doses of black humor.It is true that love or methods of getting love remain some of the basic premises of this film but it shows more than that. It shows a grim state of affairs which the Balkan nations experiences after their break up.A word about this film's laughing tactics.It is a joyful laughing riot based on daily life's absurdities. It is not a humor resulting from the cruel depiction of a person falling as a result of having put his feet on a banana peel.Mention must be made of its soundtrack which has been done by a team of three people.