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Laibach - Divided States of America

(kulpims)
1 decade 6 years 5 months 1 week ago

Divided States Of America, directed by award winning Slovenian film maker Sašo Podgoršek, is a unique document of Laibach's US tour, set during the traumatic 2004 post-election atmosphere in a country deeply divided by two opposite political and cultural poles.

Laibach conducted its first tour of North America in 1989, two years before the disintegration of its mother country, Yugoslavia. It was called "Sympathy for the Devil Tour" and was followed by two further tours in 1992 and 1997.

In 2001 came the attack on WTC, then followed the avenging wars on Afghanistan and Iraq, and the universal offensive against terrorism, events which radically marked the new millennium - but also tightened the doors to the USA for many foreigners. Despite that, in election year 2004, in a tensely divided atmosphere between President Bush and Democratic candidate Kerry, Laibach successfully slipped again into the country to carry out their latest 15-concert North American tour. The first stop was in Washington, D.C., only a gunshot from the White House and only one day after the election results had been announced. In the air was a feeling of uneasiness, dark clouds covered the sky and rain fell all day...

Divided States Of America was released on 13th November 2006 and comes with bonus footage of Laibach Live In Paris. For further information and to see the film's trailer, please visit: http://www.laibach.nsk.si/dividedstates.html

source: youtube
runtime: 65'
language: english
subtitles: slovenian

links:
http://www.laibach.nsk.si/dividedstates.html
http://www.mute.com/releases/viewRelease.jsp?id=7026984
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395291/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laibach_(band)
http://www.nskstate.com/index.php

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http://www.videosift.com/video/Laibach-Volk-America
http://www.videosift.com/video/Laibach-Life-is-Life