THE PLASTIC BOMB

One of the leading intellectuals of his generation, half-time professor on colleges in USA, eternal fighter for freedom of mind and actions, director Lazar Stojanovic made his only featured film Plasticni Isus /Plastic Jesus/ (1971), as his final thesis on the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrad. Stojanovic was arrested during his service in the army, and was sent for three years in prison. Film was first shown in 1990. and Lazar spent years in between fighting for freedom of speech and democracy. Describing his personal Calvary, Lazar Stojanovic analyzes how totalitarian regimes treated art.