Emir KusturicaEmir Kusturica is one of Eastern Europe's most celebrated and influential filmmakers. Over the course of a thirty year career, Kusturica has navigated a series of geopolitical fault lines to produce subversive, playful, often satiric works. On the way he won acclaim and widespread popularity while showing a genius for adjusting his poetic pitch shifting from romantic realist to controversial satirist to sentimental jester. Leading scholar critic