Motif Akademi Halkbilimi Dergisi

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While the world is
stepping into a new era of war, Humanism also emerges as a rising value. Dante
Alighieri wrote the Divine Comedy not only as a literary work and an imaginary
voyage, but also as a reaction to the political authority of that era. Heaven,
Hell, and Purgatory, which consist of three chapters, created such powerful
metaphors that they have been a real inspiration for European artists since
then. Dante studied humanity in the world of truths, lies, and images while
inviting readers to a post – mortem travel expedition. He inspired all
painters, from Sandro Botticelli to Salvatore Dali because strong visuals are
achieved with strong words. Dante's timelessness can be explained by the fact
that Hollywood and the whole world of cinema use it as a source of inspiration.
The fantastic, philosophical thought of Western cinema is always based on Dante
because the divine comedy is the text of a root culture that inspires a massive
civilization. Cinema of Jean Luc Godard is a cinema that starts with the New
Wave and continues with a totally different world of language. The study
addresses the narrative of the Battle of Sarajevo, which takes place in his
film “Our Music” that he created in 2015, in line with Dante’s style. The most
important metaphor here is Sarajevo. Although ‘Our Music’ may seem as a film
which questions where and when the Western civilization’s tolerance for “the
other” would end, it is a quasi – experimental fiction documentary.