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Yes.

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I wonder if you-- pardon me--
if you saw Susan Sontag at--

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Yeah, yeah.

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Yes, I'm actually-- from
first day in Sarajevo,

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she came in office of
magazine Dani, Days.

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And I was editor
in the magazine.

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She came with her
son, David Rieff.

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I know Susan Sontag is
important figure for Tucson,

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too, because she was a high
school student in Tucson.

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And I remember she was
in love with Southwest.

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And yeah, she came in Sarajevo.

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Susan Sontag is an
important person

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in recent Bosnian history, OK.

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And I remember
from first month--

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well, in first month,
she wrote an article,

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article for New York
Times from Sarajevo.

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And she wrote an
important sentence for me.

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As a witness, she wrote,
this is not a war.

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This is a murder.

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And that's the best description
of what happened in Sarajevo

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in the '90s.

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I was a little
angry because I ask

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her to participate
in my movie, and she

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didn't like to participate.

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But I mean, she's--

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she was and she is
a cultural icon--

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not just American, globally.

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What is Sarajevo like now
compared to your memories?

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[INAUDIBLE]

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War was better.

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You know, during the war, we
expect some state in future.

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We expect some
regular community,

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to be regular community.

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And now, Bosnia is
under international--

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international protector was--
is Bosnian president to be.

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[INAUDIBLE],, one British guy,
he's a high representative

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from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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And Bosnia and Herzegovina
is a divided state,

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split between Republika
Srpska and the Federation

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of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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But as a state, doesn't exist.

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But the interesting
thing is that Sarajevo

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is cultural center of the
region, in Balkan region

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now, which is a result
of war and sympathy.

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And they have a literature
festival, European literature

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festival in Sarajevo.

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They have an amazing
film festival.

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They have a perfect
jazz festival.

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And on that cultural level,
it looks, everything, good.

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But political-- or
politically or economically,

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it was destroyed.

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