Documentary about the outbreak of the war in former Yugoslavia.Documentary about the outbreak of the war in former Yugoslavia.Documentary about the outbreak of the war in former Yugoslavia.
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Polemical And Infactual
This documentary about the Balkans conflict takes its name from the fact it takes two hours to travel from London to the Balkans by aircraft . This sums up with what`s wrong with the documentary - It does indeed take two hours to travel that distance by aircraft but it takes considerably longer to travel there via rail link , longer still by car and far far longer by walking . Can you see the point I`m making ? A fact is a fact , a fact is correct but it doesn`t necassarily show the whole picture when other facts are omitted or ignored
And that`s the problem here where facts about the Balkans are ignored or misrepresented , one being that Slobodan Milosevic is a "Fascist " . No he`s not , and I`m not trying to stick up for him but read any book by diverse historians from Misha Glenny to Mark Almond and they all agree with one thing : Milosevic was a hardline communist opportunist who switched to a geo-nationalist agenda in order to stay in power . Croat leader of the time Franjo Tudjman was another hardline communist ( Who spent the war fighting in the communist partizans and had many members of his family murdered by the Croat Nazi ustasha ) who also played the nationalist ticket to stay in power but TWO HOURS FROM LONDON doesn`t bring this point up nor does it point out the fact that this was a three sided civil war where the Bosnians were fighting against Croats trying to build a greater Croatia and Serbs trying to build a greater Serbia . Instead we`re treated to the opinions of the director`s husband British veteran left wing politician Michael Foot offering his flawed and dodgy opinions on the conflict . Let`s not confuse opinions with fact
And that`s the problem here where facts about the Balkans are ignored or misrepresented , one being that Slobodan Milosevic is a "Fascist " . No he`s not , and I`m not trying to stick up for him but read any book by diverse historians from Misha Glenny to Mark Almond and they all agree with one thing : Milosevic was a hardline communist opportunist who switched to a geo-nationalist agenda in order to stay in power . Croat leader of the time Franjo Tudjman was another hardline communist ( Who spent the war fighting in the communist partizans and had many members of his family murdered by the Croat Nazi ustasha ) who also played the nationalist ticket to stay in power but TWO HOURS FROM LONDON doesn`t bring this point up nor does it point out the fact that this was a three sided civil war where the Bosnians were fighting against Croats trying to build a greater Croatia and Serbs trying to build a greater Serbia . Instead we`re treated to the opinions of the director`s husband British veteran left wing politician Michael Foot offering his flawed and dodgy opinions on the conflict . Let`s not confuse opinions with fact
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- Mar 27, 2004
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