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"Welcome to Sarajevo" Film Essay

The film "Welcome to Sarajevo" is set in 1992 in Sarajevo, the capital of

Bosnia. The film depicts the city in Bosnia during the war in the 90's and all of

the ruined buildings and dead civilians that were affected at the time. The film is

very authentic in depicting the brutality of the war at the time. At the time there

was a civil war raging inside of the Yugoslavian nation. After Bosnia declared

independence from Yugoslavia, many Muslims had to seek refuge in Sarajevo

after being forced out of there homes in the farm lands. Soon after this, Bosnian

Serb forces that were supported by the Yugoslavian army began to bomb the city.

Shortly after this a small part of the city was fully overtaken and the rest was

subject to constant bombings, sniper fire, and people were being starved. After

the war ended in 1996, the city was left in ruins with many destroyed buildings,

over 10,000 casualties, and 50,000 injuries. Sarajevo was ruined place and the

population of the city dropped significantly afterwards.The movie was very

accurate in the way that it showed the people at the time. The people acted as

the citizens that where living in the war torn city at the time were subject to the

same kind of harsh lifestyles as the people that actually lived there at the time

were dealing with. The story about the reporter Michael Henderson and his

attempts to rescue the abandoned Bosnian girl Emira is a true story. The

director uses the true story to give the film an even more realistic feel. The

director Michael Winterbottom has a very distinct style of directing his films.

He uses pop music to depict the current...