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Rade Šerbedžija On Looking For Revenge In Angelina Jolie's 'In The Land Of Blood and Honey' And Next Year's 'Taken 2'
- By Jen Vineyard
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- December 21, 2011 12:30 PM
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While promoting his new film, "In the Land of Blood and Honey," Rade Serbedzija ("Snatch," "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," "X-Men: First Class") drew a parallel between his characters in both Angelina Jolie's directorial debut and the sequel to "Taken," which he's shooting now with Liam Neeson.
Review: 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' A Harrowing But Sometimes Inelegant Directorial Debut from Angelina Jolie
- By Drew Taylor
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- December 19, 2011 12:45 PM
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Angelina Jolie's presence in "In the Land of Blood and Honey," a film she directed but wisely chose not to star in, is both a gift and a curse. On the gift end, it's a megawatt star bringing some serious attention to an incident in our recent history that has either been glossed over, underreported, barely acknowledged or forgotten about completely – the atrocities in Bosnia and Herzegovina that brought ethnic cleansing back to Europe for the first time since World War II. Conversely, there will be those who claim, since Jolie is fabulous and wealthy and drop-dead sexy (besides being a U.N. ambassador and outspoken human rights advocate), that she has no business portraying what is still an incredibly raw part of the very recent past. For the most part, though, Jolie tells a compelling, tragic story, framed inside of an unlikely romance, and pulls it off without pulling any punches.
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