The true brilliance behind Dušan Makavejev‘s Innocence Unprotected comes from the fact that it’s unclear whether or not the film mocks or celebrates its subject, Dragoljub Aleksić‘s 1941 film of the same name. The first sound picture made in Serbia, it is nevertheless patently absurd and ridiculous. Essentially, Aleksić‘s film centers on how awesome, brave, mighty, and sexy Dragoljub Aleksić is as he saves a fawning damsel from a brutish rapist. Typical for Makavejev, he interjects scenes from the movie with documentary footage of the Nazi Occupation and Aleksić and his film crew in the modern day. The result is a portrait of an unapologetic narcissist in all his past and present glory. So is the film making fun of him or championing him? Perhaps both. But certainly not neither: Makavejev isn’t that kind of filmmaker.
8/10
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