Sundance 2007 filmovi

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DRAMATIC COMPETITION

- "Adrift in Manhattan," directed by Alfredo de Villa ("Washington Heights") and written by Nat Moss and de Villa, stars Heather Graham as a grieving eye doctor reassessing her life, while an aging artist deals with his loss of eyesight and a photogra-pher battles personal demons. Features an eye-popping sex scene with Graham. Victor Rasuk, Dominic Chianese, William Baldwin and Elizabeth Pena also star.


- "Broken English," directed and written by Zoe Cassavetes in her dramatic feature bow, is a romantic yarn about a thirty-something woman (Parker Posey) who embarks upon a relationship with an offbeat Frenchman while her friends are preoccupied with family life. Also with Melvil Poupaud, Drea de Matteo, Gena Rowlands, Justin Theroux, Peter Bogdanovich, Tim Guinee, James McCaffrey, Josh Hamilton and Bernadette La-font.


- "Four Sheets to the Wind," a debut feature from Sundance Lab director-writer Sterlin Harjo, is a comedy/drama about a Native American brother and sister who, after their father dies, embark upon a new life in Tulsa. With Cody Lightning and Jeri Arre-dondo.


- "The Good Life," directed and written by Steve Berra, is about how the arrival of a young woman disrupts the life of a young man who's dedicated himself to operating a faded movie palace in a small town. Mark Webber, Zooey Deschanel, Bill Paxton, Harry Dean Stanton, Chris Klein, Patrick Fugit, Drea de Matteo, Bruce McGill, Donal Logue and Deborah Rush star.


- "Grace Is Gone," the first dramatic feature from director-writer James C. Strouse, is a topical story about the three days it takes for a father (John Cusack) to summon the courage to tell his young daughters that their mother has been killed in Iraq. Alessandro Nivola, Shelan O'Keefe and Gracie Bednarczyk fill out the cast.


- "Joshua," directed by George Ratliff ("Hellhouse") and written by David Gilbert and Ratliff, is a threatening child meller about the eponymous 8-year-old prodigy who wreaks havoc on his New York family when a baby sister is brought home from the hos-pital. Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts, Michael McKean and Jacob Kogan star.


- "Never Forever," directed and written by Gina Kim, is about a woman (Vera Far-miga) who launches into a clandestine relationship with a stranger when she and her Asian-American husband can't conceive a child. David McInnis, Jung-woo Ha and Hwasi Lee co-star.


- "On the Road With Judas," directed and written by J.J. Lask, sees reality, fiction and different storytelling modes mix to relate the tale of a young thief and his lover. Aaron Ruell, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Kevin Corrigan star.


- "Padre nuestro," directed and written by Christopher Zalla, is an immigration sur-vival story about a criminal's passage from his native Mexico to New York City, where he meets a man looking for his wealthy father. Jesus Ochoa, Armando Hernandez, Jorge Adrian Espindola and Paola Mendoza star.


- "The Pool," directed by documaker Chris Smith and written by Smith and Randy Russell, is a class study acted in Hindi and filmed in Goa, India, about a young hotel worker's fixation on a swimming pool and the family that comes to occupy the house it adjoins. Nana Patekar, Venkatesh Chavan, Jhangir Badshah and Ayesha Mohan star.


- "Rocket Science," directed and written by documaker Jeffrey Blitz ("Spell-bound"), is an HBO-produced story about a 15-year-old stutterer from New Jersey who is drawn into the intense world of competitive debating when he falls for the star of the debate team.


- "Snow Angels," directed by David Gordon Green ("George Washington") and written by Stewart O'Nan, is a dark tale about a teenager, his former babysitter, her es-tranged husband and their daughter. Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale, Griffin Dunne and Amy Sedaris star.


- "Starting Out in the Evening," directed by Andrew Wagner ("The Talent Given Us") and written by Wagner and Fred Parnes, concerns a grad student who convinces an aging, solitary writer (Frank Langella) that her thesis will put him back in the literary spotlight. Lili Taylor, Lauren Ambrose and Adrian Lester co-star.


- "Teeth," directed and written by Mitchell Lichtenstein, is a conceptually provoca-tive yarn about a devoutly Christian high school girl (Jess Wexler) who finds she pos-sesses a "physical advantage" over men when she becomes the victim of a sexual assault. John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman and Lenny von Dohlen also appear.


- "The Untitled Dakota Fanning Project, aka Hounddog," directed and written by Deborah Kampmeier ("Virgin"), is a Southern gothic tale set in 1961 Alabama about a precocious girl who finds what she's looking for in blues music. Fanning stars along with Robin Wright Penn, David Morse, Piper Laurie and Afemo Omilami.


- "Weapons," directed and written by Adam Bhala Lough, is a multistrand revenge drama that examines several seemingly random youth-related killings in a small town over the course of a weekend. Nick Cannon, Paul Dano, Mark Webber, Riley Smith, Regine Nehy, Jade Yorker, Brandon Mychal Smith, Amy Ferguson, Aris Mendoza, Serena Reeder, Toni Trucks and Arliss Howard star.
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION



- "Banished," directed by Marco Williams, is an exploration of what might be done to right the wrongs committed in three American towns that forcibly ejected their black populations in the early 20th century.


- "Chasing Ghosts," directed by Lincoln Ruchti, takes a look at the winners of the original, 1982 Video Game World Championship.


- "Crazy Love," directed by Dan Klores, is the troubling true story of an obsessive relationship between a married man and a beautiful, single 20-year-old woman that started in 1957 and continues.


- "Everything's Cool," directed by Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold, follows the struggles of some global warming activists to find the right ways to move from advocacy to public action on behalf of alternative energy.


- "For the Bible Tells Me So," directed by Daniel Karslake, looks at five conserva-tive Christian families as a way of analyzing how the religious right has tried to use the Bible to stigmatize gays.


- "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib," directed by Rory Kennedy, uses firsthand testimony from those involved to examine the abuses at the Iraq prison.


- "Girl 27," directed by David Stenn, investigates the cover-up of a scandal stem-ming from the rape of underage dancer Patricia Douglas at a wild MGM stag party in 1937.


- "Hear and Now," directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky, is the story of the filmmaker's deaf parents who, after 65 years of silence, decide to have cochlear implant surgery in an attempt to gain hearing.


- "Send a Bullet," directed by Jason Kohn, takes a look at corruption and violence in contempo Brazil.


- "My Kid Could Paint That," directed by Amir Bar-Lev, focuses on a 4-year-old girl whose paintings, which have been compared to the work of Kandinsky, Pollock and Picasso, have already netted her parents $300,000.


- "Nanking," directed by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman, examines the "Rape of Nanking" by the Japanese in the '30s, with attention to the special efforts of a small group of Westerners who saved more than 250,000 people in the midst of the violence.


- "No End in Sight," directed by Charles Ferguson, is a comprehensive analysis, us-ing first-time interviews with significant participants, of the chain of decisions that led to the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.


- "Protagonist," directed by Jessica Yu, uses the stories of four diverse men to ex-plore the organic relationship between human life and Euripidean dramatic structure.


- "War Dance," directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, concerns the efforts of three young Ugandan girls and their refugee camp school to travel to compete in a na-tional music and dance festival.


- "White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki," directed by Steven Okazaki, looks at the human cost of atomic warfare.


- "Zoo," directed by Robinson Devor ("Police Beat") offers a humanizing account of the notorious case of an apparently normal Seattle man who died during a sexual en-counter with a horse.
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION



- "Blame It on Fidel" (France), directed and written by Julie Gavras, takes the point of view of a 9-year-old girl whose parents become political radicals in early '70s Paris.


- "Drained" (Brazil), directed by Heitor Dhalia and written by Marcal Aquino and Dhalia, concerns the life change of a devious pawnbroker.


- "Dreams of Dust" (Burkina Faso/Canada/France), directed and written by Laurent Salgues, is about a Nigerian peasant who hopes to put his past behind him by working in a gold mine in Burkina Faso.


- "Driving With My Wife's Lover" (South Korea), directed by Kim Taisik and writ-ten by Kim Joenhan and Kim, describes the long taxi journey of a man and the cab driver he's learned is having an affair with his wife.


- "Eagle vs. Shark" (New Zealand), directed and written by Taika Waititi, is a por-trait of two social misfits who try to find love. A Miramax release in its world premiere.


- "Ezra" (France), directed by Newton I. Aduaka and written by Aduaka and Alain-Michel Blanc, examines the attempt of a former child soldier to carve out a normal life after the civil war in Sierra Leone. World premiere.


- "Ghosts" (U.K.), directed by Nick Broomfield and written by Broomfield and Jez Lewis, is a fact-based telling of the tragic struggle of an illegal Chinese woman to find a footing in the U.K.


- "How Is Your Fish Today?" (U.K.), directed by Xiaolu Guo and written by Rao Hui and Xiaolu, looks at a Chinese writer's inner journey through his fictional characters.


- "How She Move?" (Canada), directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid and written by Annmarie Morais, is the tale of a private school student forced to return to her former crime-ridden neighborhood, where she takes up competitive step dancing. World pre-miere.


- "The Island" (Russia), directed by Pavel Lounguine and written by Dmitri Sobo-lev, is a drama bout an odd monk at a small Russian Orthodox monastery.


- "Khadak" (Belgium/Germany), directed and written by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, concerns a young Mongolian faced with the end of the nomadic way of life in the wake of an animal plague.


- "The Legacy" (Georgia/France), directed and written by Gela Babluani and Temur Babluani, focuses on three French hip-sters and a translator who encounter an old man and his grandchild determined to end a clan war in Georgia, where the French intend to claim an inherited castle.


- "The Night Buffalo" (Mexico), directed by Jorge Hernandez Aldana and written by Hernandez Aldana and Guillermo Arriaga, is about a 22-year-old schizophrenic who schemes to ensnare his cheating girlfriend and her lover before committing suicide. World premiere.


- "Noise" (Australia), directed and written by Matthew Saville, follows the strug-gles of a young cop who suffers from tinnitus, or ear-ringing, to clear his head of the screaming he hears in the wake of a mass murder on a train. World premiere.


- "Once" (Ireland), directed and written by John Carney, is a modern musical love story featuring Glen Hansard and his Irish band the Frames.


- "Sweet Mud" (Israel), directed and written by Dror Shaul, is an account of a man who must deal with his mother's mental illness within the constraints of '70s kibbutz life.
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION



- "Acidente" (Brazil), directed by Cao Guimaraes and Pablo Lobato, is an ex-perimental, poetic expression of everyday life culled from images of 20 cities in Brazil.


- "Bajo Juarez, the City Devouring Its Daughters" (Mexico), directed by Alejandra Sanchez, examines the societal corruption backdropping the many cases of sexual abuse and murders of women in a Mexican industrial border town.


- "Cocalero" (Bolivia), directed by Alejandro Landes, follows the campaign of Ay-maran Indian Evo Morales to become the first president of Bolivia from an indigenous tribe. World premiere.


- "Comrades in Dreams" (Germany), directed by Uli Gaulke, looks at four people in different parts of the world who bring cinema to locals.


- "Crossing the Line" (U.K.), directed by Daniel Gordon, recounts the life of one of the few Americans who defected to North Korea during the Cold War.


- "Enemies of Happiness" (Denmark), directed by Eva Mulvad and Anja Al-Erhayem, is an account of the victory of a 28-year-old Afghan woman in the 2005 par-liamentary election.


- "The Future Is Unwritten" (Ireland/U.K.), directed by Julien Temple, is a look at Joe Strummer and the punk-rock generation.


- "Hot House" (Israel), directed by Shimon Dotan, examines how Israeli prisons have become a breeding ground for future Palestinian leaders and terrorists.


- "In the Shadow of the Moon" (U.K.), directed by David Sington, is a comprehen-sive account of the American Apollo space program. World premiere.


- "Manufactured Landscapes" (Canada), directed by Jennifer Baichwal, focuses on the work of photographer Edward Burtynsky and his portraits of the transformation of landscapes due to industry and manufacturing.


- "The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun" (Denmark), directed by Pernille Rose Gronkjaer, is about how an 82-year-old male virgin and a Russian nun transform the for-mer's castle into an Orthodox Russian monastery.


- "On a Tightrope" (Norway/Canada), directed by Petr Lom, uses the efforts of four orphans to learning tightrope walking to express the struggle of the Uighur Chinese Mus-lim minority to reconcile religion and communism.


- "Three Comrades" (Netherlands), directed by Masha Novikova, is an account of how the lives of three lifelong friends are devastated by the war in Chechnya.


- "A Very British Gangster" (U.K.), directed by Donal MacIntyre, takes an upclose look at Manchester's Dominic Noonan, the head of one of Britain's best-known crime families.


- "VHS -- Kahloucha" (Tunisia), directed by Nejib Belkadhi, concerns a self-styled filmmaker in a poor Tunisian community.


- "Welcome Europa" (France), directed by Bruno Ulmer, is about the struggles of Kurdish, Moroccan and Romanian immigrants in Europe.

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Ja bi na Sundance

[HorrorHR]

Jebote, koliko ima "ponude" filmova - odradiš jedan Sundance i zamrziš filmsku umjetnost

[Dragonrage]

Jebote, koliko ima "ponude" filmova - odradiš jedan Sundance i zamrziš filmsku umjetnost

Baš....

[FilmTV]

Jebote, koliko ima "ponude" filmova - odradiš jedan Sundance i zamrziš filmsku umjetnost

Baš sam prolazio popis i 95% filmova bi gledao. E da se barem ovakve stvari mogu gledati u kinu, posuditi u video, skinuti s neta. A nemože se ništa od svega toga. Pa onda naraštaji gledaju ovakva sranja i misle da je to film. Bah...

[Dragonrage]

Jebote, koliko ima "ponude" filmova - odradiš jedan Sundance i zamrziš filmsku umjetnost

Baš sam prolazio popis i 95% filmova bi gledao. E da se barem ovakve stvari mogu gledati u kinu, posuditi u video, skinuti s neta. A nemože se ništa od svega toga. Pa onda naraštaji gledaju ovakva sranja i misle da je to film. Bah...

"Double Team" je zapravo odličan akcijski film, samo je snimljen u vrijeme kad kinezi i nisu bili tako popularni svijetu, a danas takvih filmova imaš ko blata i svi sline za njima. To mi je baš zanimljivo, kako su Double Team i Knock Off, oba filma od jednog od najpoznatijih kineskih redatelja Tsui Harka, proglašena sranjima, a radi se o dva fenomenalna predstavnika akcijskog žanra. Sjećam se kad su svojedobno ti filmovi izašli kod nas, jedan za drugim u razmaku od nekih god. dana, naši domaći kritičari su ih neveliko hvalili, što je bio zbilja rijedak slučaj sa Van Dammeovim filmovima, rekavši da bi tako trebali izgledati "moderni" američki akcijski filmovi...

[FilmTV]

Double Team" je zapravo odličan akcijski film.

Istina, ako imaš 4 godine.

[Dragonrage]

Double Team" je zapravo odličan akcijski film.

Istina, ako imaš 4 godine.

Evo, o tome ti pričam. Ti automatski misliš da se radi o djetinjastom filmu samo zato jer ga ne shvaćaš i jer misliš da si prerastao to, ali da usporediš taj film sa bilo kojim modernim kineskim filmom koje svi tako hvale danas..."Tigar i zmaj", "Hero", "Kuća letećih bodeža" itd, vijdet ćeš mnogo sličnosti po pitanju režije, akcije i montaže. Da je ovaj film za razliku od ovih nabrojanih zajebancija, je, jer je tako koncipiran, kao brz i zabavan te na veliko podcijenjen. Meni osobno su i jedna i drugi (Knock Off) 100X bolji od većine visokobudžetnih akcijskih filmova koji se furaju na kineze ili pak uopće ne...probaj to sagledati sa tog gledišta

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Ti automatski misliš da se radi o djetinjastom filmu samo zato jer ga ne shvaćaš i jer misliš da si prerastao to

Ja ne shvaćam Double Team? Dubokouman film, nema šta. Čovjek bi rekao da govorimo o Kafkinim djelima a ne o jednom od najdebilnijim filmova i povijesti čovječanstva.

Ja mislim da sam prerasao takve filmove, baš kao i skupljanje sličica, igranja skrivača i spavanja svako popodne nakon ručka.

ali da usporediš taj film sa bilo kojim modernim kineskim filmom koje svi tako hvale danas..."Tigar i zmaj", "Hero", "Kuća letećih bodeža" itd, vijdet ćeš mnogo sličnosti po pitanju režije, akcije i montaže. Da je ovaj film za razliku od ovih nabrojanih zajebancija, je, jer je tako koncipiran, kao brz i zabavan te na veliko podcijenjen. Meni osobno su i jedna i drugi (Knock Off) 100X bolji od većine visokobudžetnih akcijskih filmova koji se furaju na kineze ili pak uopće ne...probaj to sagledati sa tog gledišta

"Tigar i zmaj" mi je recimo genijalan i jedina poveznica sa Double Team je što oba filma imaju odjavnu špicu. Vrijednost režije i montaže u Double Teamu je negdje oko 12 lipa, barem u mojim očima.

Gledajmo na to ovako, od sada na dalje nećemo više ulaziti u rasprave je gledamo na filmove toliko drugačije da bi se prije Palestinci i Izraelci pomirili. Već sam se suzdržavao kada si filozofirao za Casino Royale a nisi ni gledao film. Ovo nema smisla a opet sam se uvukao u debatu, vidim da je vrijeme da se maknem s kompa i odem negdje na kavu.

[Dragonrage]

Ti automatski misliš da se radi o djetinjastom filmu samo zato jer ga ne shvaćaš i jer misliš da si prerastao to

Ja ne shvaćam Double Team? Dubokouman film, nema šta. Čovjek bi rekao da govorimo o Kafkinim djelima a ne o jednom od najdebilnijim filmova i povijesti čovječanstva.

Ja mislim da sam prerasao takve filmove, baš kao i skupljanje sličica, igranja skrivača i spavanja svako popodne nakon ručka.

Evo, sad se ponašaš ko najobičnije dijete koje namjerno podjebava, i ne djeluje mi kao da si prerastao sve to. Ajmo to raspraviti ko ljudi, a ne ko djeca, nisam ni ja više klinac k vragu . Pa ne govorim ja da je to dubokouman film, ako malo bolje pročitaš neki od mojih prethodnih postova, vidjet ćeš da spominjem kako je Double Team zajebancija, ali ne shvaćena zajebancija. Ljudima je taj film glup jer ne shvačaju Kinesku kinematografiju i svo to letenje po zraku im djeluje glupo i djetinjasto, a taj film je po svemu zapravo kineski osim po glumcima. Režija je kineska, akcija je kineska, humor je kineski, montažna...uglavnom sve. To je kineski film i zbog toga daleko bolji od ispraznih američkih akcića...

ali da usporediš taj film sa bilo kojim modernim kineskim filmom koje svi tako hvale danas..."Tigar i zmaj", "Hero", "Kuća letećih bodeža" itd, vijdet ćeš mnogo sličnosti po pitanju režije, akcije i montaže. Da je ovaj film za razliku od ovih nabrojanih zajebancija, je, jer je tako koncipiran, kao brz i zabavan te na veliko podcijenjen. Meni osobno su i jedna i drugi (Knock Off) 100X bolji od većine visokobudžetnih akcijskih filmova koji se furaju na kineze ili pak uopće ne...probaj to sagledati sa tog gledišta

"Tigar i zmaj" mi je recimo genijalan i jedina poveznica sa Double Team je što oba filma imaju odjavnu špicu. Vrijednost režije i montaže u Double Teamu je negdje oko 12 lipa, barem u mojim očima.

Gledajmo na to ovako, od sada na dalje nećemo više ulaziti u rasprave je gledamo na filmove toliko drugačije da bi se prije Palestinci i Izraelci pomirili. Već sam se suzdržavao kada si filozofirao za Casino Royale a nisi ni gledao film. Ovo nema smisla a opet sam se uvukao u debatu, vidim da je vrijeme da se maknem s kompa i odem negdje na kavu.

E tu se varaš, razlika je samo u tome što je "Tigar" ozbiljan film, a "Team" nije, ali po pitanju akcije i tom sl. stvari su jako sl. hehe...
BTW gledao sam Casino Royale, onaj isti dan kad sam to napisao i sad mogu sa 100%-nom sigurnošću reći da tip JE totalni kreten, jer jedno je napisati nešto smisleno o filmu a drugo je bez veze srati besmislice...jer ono što je taj film napisao uopće nije imalo veze s mozgom, a da bih to shvatio ne trebam uopće niti pogledati film
Uživaj na kavi hehe (ili pivi) a ja ći još malo biti na

[Mairosu]

Imam sve filmove mog uvazenog zemljaka i sve sam ih gledao, neke i vise puta, neke i mnogo vise puta.

Double Team je otprilike meni na dnu liste. Cak je jebeni Black Eagle bolja zajebancija od ovoga.

[Dragonrage]

Imam sve filmove mog uvazenog zemljaka i sve sam ih gledao, neke i vise puta, neke i mnogo vise puta.

Double Team je otprilike meni na dnu liste. Cak je jebeni Black Eagle bolja zajebancija od ovoga.

Jebi ga...ja se ne slažem s tim. Zbilja ne kužim zašto je ekipi to tako loš film. na stranu sad ovo što film TV kaže, debilan i tome sl. to su mi besmislice jer on taj film ne gledoa kao ono što on u biti je zajebanciju, mora postojati neki konkretan razlog??
Jer ja koji god sam tekst čitao o tom filmu, uvijek su ga hvalili kao lagano i zabavno štivo. A kakav ti je Knock Off?

[FilmTV]

Rekao sam da ću stati ali nisam otišao na kavu

Evo, sad se ponašaš ko najobičnije dijete koje namjerno podjebava, i ne djeluje mi kao da si prerastao sve to.

Djeca nemaju sposobnost da budu sarkastična, to dolazi tek kasnije. Ti podjebavaš čitavo vrijeme pokušavajući povući paralelu između teškog sranja i dobrih filmova. Ne ide, koliko se god ti trudio u masu situacija. Ja shvaćam da ti uživaš u akcijama, baš kao što mnogi uživaju i najlošijim horrorima ali nitko ih ovdje osim tebe ne pokušava uspoređivati sa nekim vrhunskim filmovima.

i ne djeluje mi kao da si prerastao sve to.

Dakle ja sam po tebi djetinjast jer mislim da je Double Team ?

Režija je kineska, akcija je kineska, humor je kineski, montažna...uglavnom sve. To je kineski film i zbog toga daleko bolji od ispraznih američkih akcića...

I zato jer je sve kinesko taj film je dobar? A šta bi bilo da je sve makedonsko? englesko? turkmenistansko? Vjerojatno je marokanska montaža mrak ako se stavi u kombinaciju sa poljskim humorom i norveškom režijom.

[FilmTV]

na stranu sad ovo što film TV kaže, debilan i tome sl. to su mi besmislice, mora postojati neki konkretan razlog??

Evo da budem precizan:

- Režija ja jadna iako se vjerojatno sa stvarima na raspolaganju nije moglo previše napraviti.
- Casting je bolno loš, Van Damme i Rodman ne bi trebali biti na ničijem popisu glumaca osim na psihijatriji kada se radi neka predstava za ostale zatvorenike.
- Scenarij je tako ispodprosječan da ga vjerojatno napisao osmogodišnji sin čovjeka koji je potpisan kao scenarist. Priča je smiješna.

[HorrorHR]

Dragonrage, sa dužnim poštovanjem ali ako pričate o onom filmu sa Van Dammeom i Dennisom Rodmanom, to je jedan od naidiotnijih filmova ikada snimljenih. Iskreno ali stvarno iskreno mislim da su ciljali target publiku od kojih 9 godina, one mulce koji briju na najjeftinije satelitske emisije sa kečerima. Ja stvarno znam i cijeniti šrot neki, pogledati ga iz drugih perspektiva (nešto slično kako ti kažeš), ali ovaj filma (a gledao sam ga dva puta, jednom na videu jednom nisma imao što raditi pa na TV) je čisto smeće.