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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
A boom in Slovenian film
Slovenian films are breaking all records. Of the 25 films currently being shown at cinemas in Ljubljana, one fifth were made in Slovenia. The biggest success is Marko Naberšnik's first film "Rooster's Breakfast" (Petelinji zajtrk), which has drawn 170,000viewers in only 17 weeks. Zenja Leiler writes: "One cannot miss the fact that most successful Slovenian films are comedies, which, however, is no guarantee of success. 'Rooster's Breakfast' scores points with its simplicity, intimate atmosphere and Severina [a well-known Croatian pop singer] and came at just the right time. ... Only a year ago there was not a single Slovenian film in the cinemas. The filmmakers were still preoccupied with themselves and their financial problems."
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Bostjan Hladnik's last dance in the rain
The enfant terrible of Slovenian film has died. Bostjan Hladnik passed away on May 30, aged 77. "It always rains when someone dies. That's how it was in Russian films, and that's how it was in Hladnik's films... And yesterday it rained all day long in Slovenia," Zenja Leiler and Damjan Kozole write. "With his touseled hair he brought modernism to Slovenian films; he gave them divas, a spirit of playfulness and the bizarre, pop art, sex and rock and roll, but also dogma... Bostjan Hladnik was a giant of the Slovenian and Yugoslavian film industry. He was a cinematic poet and a provocateur." After earning his degree in Slovenia, Hladnik left for France, learned his art from Chabrol, de Broca and Siodmak and brought the French Nouvelle Vague back with him to Slovenia. "His first film, 'Ples v dezju' (Dance in the Rain), made in 1961, was voted Slovenia's film of the century."
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Social Sciences in a Crisis
The public has a very poor opinion of the social sciences at the moment, Zenja Leiler observes. But it's not only the subjects themselves that are to blame, she adds. "Instead of adopting a clear stance on the most important social issues, the media chooses to stick to the domain of pros and contras. This makes genuine debate impossible. In fact, the notorious pluralism of the media is to blame for what we actually convey having become unimportant – as long as we can make fun of those who think differently. Conversely, the 'real' scientists are blooming as never before. Entire battalions of genetic scientists, chemists and physicists are stepping out of the obscurity of their laboratories to become pop icons on the global market."
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