Main menu















Search
Create account
 Log in
Personal tools


Contents
hide

(Top)


History
Toggle History subsection
o
New wave years (1979-1981)

o
Mainstream rock years (1982-1986)

o
 Reunion (1998)

o
Reunion (2018)


Post-breakup
Toggle Post-breakup subsection
o
Jura Stublić & Film

o
Le Cinema


Legacy


Discography
Toggle Discography subsection
o
Film


Studio albums


Extended plays


Singles

o
Jura Stublić & Film


Studio albums


Compilation albums

o
Le Cinema


 Live albums


Studio albums


Singles


See also


References

Film (band)
7 languages
 Article
 Talk
 Read
 Edit
 View history
Tools













From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Film
 Film performing in 2018 at the Dubrovnik Craft Beer
Festival

Background information

Also known as Šporko Šalaporko i Negove Žaluzine

Origin Zagreb, Croatia

Yugoslavia

Genres New wave, punk rock, ska, rock

Years active 1978[1]–1992

1998
2018

Labels Helidon, Jugoton

Past members Jura Stublić

Mladen Jurčić
Marino Pelajić
Ivan Stančić
Jurij Novoselić
Branko Hromatko
Robert Krkač
Film was a Yugoslav rock group founded in 1978 in Zagreb. Film was
one of the most popular rock groups of the former Yugoslav new wave in
the late 1970s to early 1980s.

History[edit]
New wave years (1979-1981)[edit]
During 1977 and 1978, bassist Marino Pelajić, guitarist Mladen Jurčić,
and drummer Branko Hromatko were Azra members when Branimir
"Johnny" Štulić brought Jura Stublić as the new vocalist. Stublić was to
become Aerodrom member, but due to his deep vocals it never
happened. The lineup functioned for a few months only and after a
quarrel with Štulić, on early 1979, Pelajić, Jurčić, Hromatko and Stublić
formed the band Šporko Šalaporko i Negove Žaluzine, naming the band
after a story from the "Polet" youth magazine, which was soon after
renamed to Film. The memories of the Azra lineup later inspired Štulić to
write the song "Roll over Jura" released on Filigranski pločnici in 1982.
Saxophonist Jurij Novoselić, who at the time had worked under the
pseudonym Kuzma Videosex, joined the band, inspiring others to use
pseudonym instead of their original names: vocalist Stublić became Jura
Jupiter, bassist Pelajić became Mario Baraccuda and guitarist Jurčić
became Max Wilson. Before joining the band, Stublić did not have much
experience as a vocalist, however, since his father had been an opera
singer, he often visited the theatre and opera, and at the age of 13, he
started playing the guitar, earning money as a street performer at
seaside resorts.
After their first live appearances they had quickly gained the respectable
title "A first class new wave club attraction", and the first larger
appearance was as an opening act for Lena Lovich on her
1980 Yugoslav tour. At the time, the band recorded their first single "Kad
si mlad" ("When you're young") with "Zajedno" ("Together") as the B-
side, which was released a year later due to the record label refusal to
accept band idea of putting a screen-shot from the film Barbarella on the
single cover. On the Festival Omladina, the band won with the song
"Neprilagođen" ("Misfit"), after which they became one of the most
popular bands in former Yugoslavia.
The 1981 debut album Novo! Novo! Još jučer samo na filmu a sada i u
vašoj glavi (Extra! Extra! Since yesterday only on film and now in your
head), featuring the new drummer Ivan Stančić "Piko", a former Grupa
220, Time and Parni Valjak member, who came as a replacement for
Hromatko who had gone to serve the Yugoslav People's Army. The
album, produced by Buldožer member Boris Bele, featuring a series of
urban ska sound with a clear message: "Neprilagođen" ("Misfit"),
"Zamisli" ("Imagine"), "Moderna djevojka" ("Modern girl"), "Radio ljubav"
("Radio love") and "Odvedi me iz ovog grada" ("Take me out of this
town"). Stublić was signed as the author of the complete material, being
inspired by the life in and around Zagreb.
In January 1981, the band triumphed at the Pozdrav iz
Zagreba (Greetings from Zagreb) festival. At the time as live musician
appeared the rock critic Dražen Vrdoljak on organ, with whom the band
performed at the 1981 Festival Omladina as the winners of the previous
festival, causing quite a spectacle with the audience massively
occupying the stage. The energy of their live appearances were
captured live on the EP Film u Kulušiću – Live (Film in Kulušić - Live),
recorded in the Zagreb club Kulušić on February 11, 1981. The EP, the
first of the many following live releases recorded in the same club,
featured a witty band introduction by Vrdoljak, and live versions of six
tracks originally released on the first album.
After the EP release, the band went on an Adriatic coast tour with
the Belgrade new wave band Idoli, with whom the band became close
after the 1980 Festival Omladina on which the two bands had performed.
At the time, the Jugoton rereleased Film u Kulušiću – Live and VIS Idoli
EP as a split compilation Zajedno (Together).
Mainstream rock years (1982-1986)[edit]
On late 1981, after a quarrel between Stublić and the rest of the band on
the new studio album conception, the band went on a two-month work
break. Having agreed on the future of their work, the band recorded the
second studio album Zona sumraka (Twilight zone), released in 1981,
offering a more depressive view on of live, covering loneliness,
alienation in city life, crime and drug addiction problems. Successful with
the songs "Zagreb je hladan grad" ("Zagreb is a cold town") and "Krvariš
oko ponoći" ("You're bleeding around midnight"), the album featured two
instrumental tracks, "Džems Bond" ("James Bond"), a cover of the theme
from the film serial of the same name, and "España" ("Spain"). As
authors on the album, beside Stublić, appeared Jurčić, Stančić and
Novoselić.
For the recording of the third studio album, the band went
to Sweden where, produced by Tihomir "Tini" Varga, the band
recorded Sva čuda svijeta (All the wonders of the world), featuring the hit
songs "Kada budu gorijeli gradovi" ("When the cities would burn"), "Istina
piše na zidu" ("The truth is written on the wall"), "Mi nismo sami" ("We
are not alone"), "Boje su u nama" ("The colors are inside us"), and the
title track. Due to the Pelajić departure to the army, Jurčić recorded the
bass parts, and after the album release, Jurčić went to the army being
temporarily replaced by the former Drugi Način member Robert Krkač on
the promotional tour. The song "Mi nismo sami" was soon after covered
by a Swedish rock group as "Have you ever".
The following album, Signali u noći, the band recorded with the drummer
Dražen Šolc, the returned Pelajić and Jurčić, and as the album producer
was chosen the English musician and producer Nick Van Eede. The
album brought the concert favorites "Pjevajmo do zore" ("Let's sing until
dawn"), "Rijeke pravde" ("Rivers of justice"), "Osmijesi" ("Smiles"), and
the title track. Guests on the album included Massimo Savić on guitar
and backing vocals, Davor Slamnig on guitar, Ljerka Šimara on harp,
and Nikola Santro on trombone.
At the time, Juričić, Pelajić and Stančić formed the band Le Cinema,
performing cover versions of the foreign new wave hits, expressing their
musical differences to the ones Stublić had, which lead the band to part
ways in the Spring of 1986. The three remained in Le Cinema, Juričić
also formed Vještice with the former Azra drummer Boris Leiner,
eventually ending up in the band Šo! Mazgoon. Pelajić
joined Haustor and appeared on their album Tajni grad in 1988.
Novoselić formed his band Dee Dee Mellow, was a member of Disciplina
Kičme and finally joined Psihomodo Pop.
Reunion (1998)[edit]
During mid-1998, the default Film lineup Juričić, Pelajić and Stančić
reunited with Stublić for a one-off show and performed at the Zagreb
Gori (Zagreb's Burning) open-air concert.
Reunion (2018)[edit]
The band reformed and played events such as the Dubrovnik Craft Beer
Festival in 2018.[2]

Post-breakup[edit]
Jura Stublić & Film[edit]
In 1987, Stublić, as Jura Stublić & Film, released the studio album Sunce
sja (The sun is shining), with Robert Krkač (guitar), Dario Kumerle
(bass), Željko Turčinović (drums) and Bojan Goričan (keyboards), and as
guest vocalist appeared Jurica Pađen and Massimo Savić. Focusing on
the pop rock sound, Stublić recorded "Srce na cesti" ("Heart on the
road"), "Ivana" ("Ivana"), "Dom" ("Home"), and "Valovi ('67.-'77.-'87.)"
("Waves ('67-77-87) and "Sjećam se prvog poljupca" ("I remember the
first kiss").
The following release, the 1989 studio album Zemlja sreće (The land of
Happiness), featured the new guitarist Deni Kožić and drummer Davor
Vidiš, and as guests on the album appeared Laza Ristovski, Vlatko
Stefanovski, Massimo Savić, guitarist Branko Bogunović, Davor Rodik
and klapa "Bonaca". The album featured "Dobre vibracije" (Good
Vibrations), "Doći ću ti u snovima" ("I'll come to your dreams"), "Ljubav je
zakon" ("Love is the law"), and "Uhvati vjetar" ("Catch the Wind"), a
cover of Silute version of a Donovan song. During the same year, the
band also appeared on the double various artists live album ZG forces
live, released by Jugoton, also featuring the most prominent Zagreb
bands at the time Psihomodo Pop, Parni Valjak and Prljavo Kazalište,
each covering one LP side on the release.
During the early 1990s, Stublić often changed the band members and in
1992, he released Hrana za golubove, featuring the song "E moj druže
beogradski" ("Oh my Belgrade friend"), succumbed to Yugoslav
wars which were fought in the time of the album release. The song was
recorded as a cover version of the song "Na morskome plavom žalu"
("On the blue sea strand"), originally recorded by Dragan Jokić for
the Emir Kusturica film Do You Remember Dolly Bell?, with the new
lyrics. The lineup which recorded the album, beside Stublić featured
Mario Zidar (guitar), Ante Pecotić (bass) and Goran Rakočević (drums).
In 1994 appeared the first compilation album Greatest hits vol. 1,
featuring two new songs, "Nježno, nježno, nježnije" ("Gentle, gentle,
gentler") and the cynical "Čikago" ("Chicago"), a cover version of the
old work action song "U tunelu usred mraka" ("In the tunnel in the dark").
The recording of the song was in possession of the record label for six
months, eventually being released without a line from the lyrics, but
despite the fact, the song was banned on the Croatian media. The
followup was the second part of the compilation Greatest hits vol. 2,
released in 1996, featuring the rerecorded "Neprilagođen", "Moderna
djevojka" and "Boje su u nama", and the new track "Lijepo, lijepo,
neopisivo" ("Beautiful, beautiful, inexplicable")
In 2002, Stublić released another selection of the released material on
the compilation album Sve najbolje (All the best).
Le Cinema[edit]
The supergroup Le Cinema (Film in French language) was formed in
December 1985 by the remaining members of the Film last lineup
excluding Jura Stublić, Mladen Juričić "Max", Marino Pelajić "Baraccuda"
and Ivan Stančić "Piko". The band, mainly performing the new
wave and punk rock standards, quickly became a club attraction. With
the band often appeared Mira Furlan, Massimo Savić, Vlada
[3]

Divljan and Drago Mlinarec with whom the band recorded a cover
version of the Mlinarec's Grupa 220 hit single "Osmijeh" ("Smile").
The band released the album Rocking At The Party Live!, recorded live
in Kulušić on early 1988, offered the band's interpretation of the famous
songs by John Lennon, Chuck Berry, Talking Heads, The
Ramones, Blondie and others. The album also featured the song
"Maršal" ("Marshall"), originally released as "Poslednji dani" ("The last
days") by Idoli on their debut album Odbrana i poslednji dani (The
defense and the last days), featuring Vlada Divljan, and the band
introduction by Dražen Vrdoljak. After the album release, the band
performed over two hundred concerts on the territory of the
former Yugoslavia.
After taking a longer work break, the band renewed their activities in
1997, featuring the new bassist Žan Jankopač from the band Šo!
Mazgoon, the band where Juričić had played. Despite the lineup
changes, the original lineup recorded the comeback album Doručak kod
Trulog (Breakfast at Rotten's), featuring nine cover versions of old Film
songs, including "Zona sumraka" ("Twilight zone") with Majke vocalist
Goran Bare on lead vocals, and cover of Šarlo Akrobata single "Ona se
budi" ("She is waking up"), recorded live in the Zagreb KSET on October
12, 2002. The disc also featured a remastered material from the Rocking
At The Party Live!, and music videos including the one recorded for the
song "Osmijeh" with Drago Mlinarec.
On February 22, 2003, the band appeared on the Jako dobar
tattoo Milan Mladenović tribute concert, held at the Zagreb Tvornica,
which was recorded and released by CBS during the same year. The
band covered the song "Krug" ("The Circle"), originally recorded
by Ekatarina Velika on their 1989 album Samo par godina za nas.

Legacy[edit]
The book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU
100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music) features four
Film albums: Još jučer samo na filmu a sada i u vašoj glavi (ranked
No. 22), Signali u noći (ranked No. 67), Sva čuda svijeta (ranked No. 69)
and Film u Kulušiću – Live (ranked No. 70). The B92 Top 100 Domestic
[4]

Songs list features three songs by Film: "Zamisli život u ritmu muzike za
ples" (ranked No. 27), "Neprilagođen" (ranked No. 80) and "Boje su u
nama" (ranked No. 85). [5]

Discography[edit]
Film[edit]
Studio albums[edit]

 Još jučer samo na filmu a sada i u vašoj glavi (1981)

 Zona sumraka (1982)
 Sva čuda svijeta (1983)
 Signali u noći (1985)
Extended plays[edit]

 Film u Kulušiću – Live (1981)

Singles[edit]

 "Kad si mlad" (1980)

 "Zamisli život u ritmu muzike za ples" (1981)
 "Zona sumraka" (1982)
 "Pljačka stoljeća" (1982)
 "Ti zračiš zrake" (1983)
 "Boje su u nama" (1983)
Jura Stublić & Film[edit]
Studio albums[edit]

 Sunce sja (1987)

 Zemlja sreće (1989)
 Hrana za golubove (1992)
Compilation albums[edit]

 Greatest hits vol. 1 (1994)

 Greatest hits vol. 2 (1996)
 Sve najbolje (2001)
Le Cinema[edit]
Live albums[edit]

 Rocking At The Party Live! (1989)

Studio albums[edit]

 Doručak kod Trulog (2002)

Singles[edit]

 "Krug" (2003)

See also[edit]
 SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene
 New wave music in Yugoslavia
 Music of Croatia
 Sretno dijete

References[edit]
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient
corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article
 by introducing more precise citations. (May 2013) (template removal
help)

1. ^ Film (in Croatian)

2. ^ "Dubrovnik Craft Beer Festival 2018". Facebook.
3. ^ "Mira Furlan na HRT-u posle 17 godina" [Mira Furlan on HRT after 17
years]. Popboks (in Croatian). March 4, 2008. Archived from the original on
December 2, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
4. ^ Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i
pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press.
5. ^ The B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list at B92 official site Archived March 28,
2007, at the Wayback Machine

 EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-

86-905317-1-4
show
v
t
e
Film
show
Authority control databases
Categories:
 Croatian rock music groups
 Croatian new wave musical groups
 Yugoslav rock music groups
 Musical groups established in 1978
 Musicians from Zagreb
 This page was last edited on 5 October 2023, at 12:27 (UTC).
 Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional
terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit
organization.
 Privacy policy

 About Wikipedia

 Disclaimers

 Contact Wikipedia

 Code of Conduct
 Developers

 Statistics

 Cookie statement

 Mobile view