Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueDocumentary about the outbreak of the war in former Yugoslavia.Documentary about the outbreak of the war in former Yugoslavia.Documentary about the outbreak of the war in former Yugoslavia.
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- ConnexionsFeatured in Points of View: Épisode #28.14 (1995)
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Polemical And Infactual
This documentary about the Balkans conflict takes its name from the fact it takes two hours to travel from London to the Balkans by aircraft . This sums up with what`s wrong with the documentary - It does indeed take two hours to travel that distance by aircraft but it takes considerably longer to travel there via rail link , longer still by car and far far longer by walking . Can you see the point I`m making ? A fact is a fact , a fact is correct but it doesn`t necassarily show the whole picture when other facts are omitted or ignored
And that`s the problem here where facts about the Balkans are ignored or misrepresented , one being that Slobodan Milosevic is a "Fascist " . No he`s not , and I`m not trying to stick up for him but read any book by diverse historians from Misha Glenny to Mark Almond and they all agree with one thing : Milosevic was a hardline communist opportunist who switched to a geo-nationalist agenda in order to stay in power . Croat leader of the time Franjo Tudjman was another hardline communist ( Who spent the war fighting in the communist partizans and had many members of his family murdered by the Croat Nazi ustasha ) who also played the nationalist ticket to stay in power but TWO HOURS FROM LONDON doesn`t bring this point up nor does it point out the fact that this was a three sided civil war where the Bosnians were fighting against Croats trying to build a greater Croatia and Serbs trying to build a greater Serbia . Instead we`re treated to the opinions of the director`s husband British veteran left wing politician Michael Foot offering his flawed and dodgy opinions on the conflict . Let`s not confuse opinions with fact
And that`s the problem here where facts about the Balkans are ignored or misrepresented , one being that Slobodan Milosevic is a "Fascist " . No he`s not , and I`m not trying to stick up for him but read any book by diverse historians from Misha Glenny to Mark Almond and they all agree with one thing : Milosevic was a hardline communist opportunist who switched to a geo-nationalist agenda in order to stay in power . Croat leader of the time Franjo Tudjman was another hardline communist ( Who spent the war fighting in the communist partizans and had many members of his family murdered by the Croat Nazi ustasha ) who also played the nationalist ticket to stay in power but TWO HOURS FROM LONDON doesn`t bring this point up nor does it point out the fact that this was a three sided civil war where the Bosnians were fighting against Croats trying to build a greater Croatia and Serbs trying to build a greater Serbia . Instead we`re treated to the opinions of the director`s husband British veteran left wing politician Michael Foot offering his flawed and dodgy opinions on the conflict . Let`s not confuse opinions with fact
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- Theo Robertson
- 28 mars 2004
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- 52 000 £GB (estimé)
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