
Gradisapsychologicaldramaaboutthethinlinethatseparatesdepressionandmelancholy.Itgivesustheopportunitytounderstandthatthealienationofthemodernsocialistmanisnotjustasocialproblem,butalsoapoeticaestheticizationofurbanthinkingandbehaviour.ForPavlovic,Bapca,andespeciallyRakonjca,self-destructionisnotadefencemechanism,butalifestyle.<br/> Exploringnewareasofoldsites,Gradis,inafigurativesense,thefirstYugoslavianfilmthatdealswiththesuburbasametaphorofalternativeculture.Throughtheiranalysisofpublicconsciousness,thethreedirectorsprojecttheirsecretBauhaus,seekingitsshadowinthehiddenareasofobsoletethought,intheeverydayofSocialism.<br/> ThefilmendsupinarealsuburbofBelgrade,defininganewborderareabetweenintimacyandclaustrophobia,NeoclassicismandConstructivism,nightandday,villageandcity,soundandimages,presentandfuture.