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| Arizona Dream | |
|---|---|
 U.S. theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Emir Kusturica |
| Screenplay by | David Atkins |
| Story by | Emir Kusturica David Atkins |
| Produced by | Claudie Ossard Yves Marmion |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Vilko Filač |
| Edited by | Andrija Zafranović |
| Music by | Goran Bregović |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. (United States) UGC Fox Distribution (France)[1] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 142 minutes |
| Countries | United States France |
| Languages | English Spanish Inuktitut |
| Budget | $15 million[2] |
| Box office | $112,547 (US)[3] |
Arizona Dream is a 1993 indie surrealist comedy drama film co-written and directed by Emir Kusturica and starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor and Vincent Gallo.[4]
Plot
[edit]Axel has a dream about an Inuit who catches a rare halibut and brings it back to his family in an igloo. Axel's cousin Paul coaxes Axel from his job tagging fish in New York City to Arizona to attend his uncle Leo's trophy wedding to a much younger woman. His uncle tries to persuade him to stay permanently and take over the family business of selling Cadillacs. Axel resists at first, but he decides to give it a try.
Axel encounters two strange women: Elaine, a woman who always had a dream of building a flying machine, and her stepdaughter Grace, who is jealous of Elaine and dreams of killing herself and being reincarnated as a turtle.[5] In one scene, Axel and Paul are dealing with Grace's stubborn turtle at dinner. Grace is seen sitting in a chair that levitates as she smiles to her new friends. There seemed to be an implied symbolism that people saw Grace as one who transcends the way of the stubborn turtle.
Axel starts lusting after Elaine and decides to help make her dreams come true. As he and Elaine build the machine day by day, Grace starts destroying the contraption. Axel then rebuilds. Leo and Paul arrive at Elaine and Grace's house to encourage Axel to come back as Elaine threatens them with a shotgun. Axel and Elaine complete the machine and test it, but it crashes into a tree.
Axel then decides to put both Elaine and Grace out of their misery, but cannot go through with it. Grace has the idea to play Russian Roulette with him. Axel is scared at first, but at his second turn he pulls the trigger multiple times. The gun does not fire. Axel, Elaine, and Grace come to Paul's talent show. He decides to play Cary Grant's role from North by Northwest with the famous crop duster scene. Paul receives the score of 1. Leo's fiancée then approaches them to say that there is something wrong with Leo. Axel realizes that Leo is dying and calls an ambulance.
The day before Elaine's birthday a few months later, Axel and Paul finally come back to Elaine and Grace's house. Elaine is mad at Axel for not contacting her but forgives him. The next day on Elaine's birthday, Elaine is given an airplane as a present. The four celebrate Elaine's birthday by beating a piñata, but are interrupted by a storm. As the others dry off inside, Grace remains outside to free her turtles, telling them to "Go play," Axel goes upstairs with Grace to wrap the presents where she gives Axel a globe, telling him that she wants him to have the world. Axel tells Grace that Elaine has changed and that he is not in love with her any more. He makes a promise to Grace to go to Alaska.
Axel, Elaine, Grace, and Paul talk about the manners in which they want to die. Grace says that she is going to sleep and walks upstairs, dressing herself in a white shift and a hat with a veil. As she walks outside, Axel and Elaine see her through the window and run outside in an attempt to stop her. Grace shoots herself, and a lightning bolt destroys Elaine's airplane. Sometime after Grace's death Axel breaks into Uncle Leo's abandoned Cadillac store at night and goes to sleep on top of a Cadillac with a cat that has just had her litter. The film ends with Axel and Uncle Leo as Eskimos in Axel's dream. They catch the halibut and discuss it in a native language of the Eskimos, Inuktitut. The halibut flies from their hands into the sunrise.
Cast
[edit]- Johnny Depp as Axel Blackmar
- Jerry Lewis as Leo Sweetie
- Faye Dunaway as Elaine Stalker
- Lili Taylor as Grace Stalker
- Vincent Gallo as Paul Leger
- Paulina Porizkova as Millie
- Michael J. Pollard as Fabian
- Candyce Mason as Blanche
- Alexia Rane as Angie
- Polly Noonan as Betty
- Ann Schulman as Carla
- James R. Wilson as Lawyer
- Kim Keo as The Mechanical Singing Doll
Production
[edit]Many of the Arizona scenes were filmed in Douglas, Arizona, and Patagonia, Arizona
Filming took a year due to Kusturica suffering a nervous breakdown. Johnny Depp's hair length keeps changing because of this.
The original edit, as American Dreams, was four hours long.[citation needed] It was trimmed down to 2 hours 22 minutes for theatrical release as Arizona Dream. Some of the cut scenes are included as bonus material on StudioCanal's Blu-ray release.
The music video for the 1991 Tom Petty song, "Into the Great Wide Open," was shot during the filming of the movie.[citation needed]
Reception
[edit]Critical response
[edit]Arizona Dream received a generally positive response from critics, garnering an 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 15 reviews with an average score of 6.82/10.[6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[7]
Janet Maslin of The New York Times liked the film, praising it as "enjoyably adrift, a wildly off-the-wall reverie" and opining that its best feature is "its lunacy, which is so liberating".[8]
Referring to Arizona Dream as "the quintessential Nuart movie", Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas sees it as "a dazzling, daring slice of cockamamie tragicomic Americana envisioned with magic realism by a major, distinctive European filmmaker".[9]
In his affirmative review in the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert called Arizona Dream "goofier than hell" while adding that "you can't stop watching it because nobody in the audience, and possibly nobody on the screen, has any idea what's going to happen next" and referring to Kusturica as "a filmmaker who has his own peculiar vision of the world that does not correspond to the weary write-by-numbers formulas of standard screenplays".[10]
Year-end lists
[edit]- Dishonorable mention – William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer[11]
Box office
[edit]Although filmed in 1991 and released throughout Europe in 1993, Arizona Dream was not theatrically released in the U.S. until September 9, 1994. Warner Brothers initially reduced it to two hours and tried to market it for the middle-of-the-road audience; when these attempts failed, they released the full version.[8] As a result its total U.S. gross, in three theaters, was only $112,547.[3]
Awards
[edit]The film won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.[12]
Home media
[edit]In the United States, the Warner Archive Collection released the 119-minute cut of the film on a made-on-demand DVD on March 16, 2010.[13]
In Europe, StudioCanal released the 142-minute cut of the film on DVD in 2004,[14] HD DVD, and Blu-ray in 2009. The Blu-ray features an interview with Johnny Depp and deleted scenes. Studiocanal later released the 142-minute version on 4K Blu-ray in France and Germany in 2024; while Eagle Pictures will release the film on 4K Blu-ray in Italy.
Soundtrack
[edit]Soundtrack was by Goran Bregović featuring the vocals and lyrics of Iggy Pop on tracks 1, 4 & 6 and the lyrics of Emir Kusturica as well as the vocals of Iggy Pop on track 10. In the film, apart from the music on soundtrack, there are also three songs of Django Reinhardt.
In popular culture
[edit]Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl has revealed that the song "Enough Space", from their album The Colour and the Shape, is based on Arizona Dream.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Arizona Dream (1993)". UniFrance. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "1993-94 Film Releases (C)1993 Eric G. Carter". textfiles.com/media. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Arizona Dream (1995)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ Roche, David (2010). "(De)constructing "America": the Case of Emir Kusturica's Arizona Dream (1993)". European Journal of American Studies. 5 (4). doi:10.4000/ejas.8653. ISSN 1991-9336.
- ^ "'Arizona Dream' (1993)". Rolling Stone. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ "Arizona Dream". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "Arizona Dream Reviews". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
- ^ a b Lunacy With Missing Minutes;The New York Times, 7 June 1995
- ^ Dazzling 'Arizona Dream' of Tragicomedy; Los Angeles Times, 11 July 1995
- ^ Ebert, Roger (January 6, 1995). "Arizona Dream movie review & film summary". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2025-12-28 – via RogerEbert.com.
- ^ Arnold, William (December 30, 1994). "'94 Movies: Best and Worst". Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Final ed.). p. 20.
- ^ "- Berlinale - Archive - Annual Archives - 1993 - Prize Winners". www.berlinale.de.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Arizona Dream - Film @ The Digital Fix". 28 August 2004.
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Narrative and characters
Plot
Axel Blackmar works as a fish tagger for the New York Department of Fish and Game, where he spends his days attaching tags to fish while imagining their dreams, including a recurring vision of an Inuit hunter racing home on a sled with a rare halibut.[2] His routine is interrupted when his cousin Paul arrives and persuades him to travel to Arizona to serve as best man at the wedding of his uncle Leo Sweetie, a Cadillac salesman who runs a dealership in the desert.[6] Upon arrival, Leo implores Axel to abandon his New York life and take over the family business, emphasizing the opportunities in the vast, open landscape.[7] Reluctantly settling into Arizona's eccentric rural environment, Axel encounters Elaine Stalker, a wealthy widow fixated on constructing an elaborate flying machine to achieve her dream of flight, and her stepdaughter Grace, a withdrawn young woman who obsessively plays the accordion, cares for turtles, and harbors suicidal tendencies.[2] Drawn to Elaine's passionate and unpredictable nature, Axel begins a intense romantic relationship with her and assists in building the contraption, a bizarre assembly of wings, propellers, and scavenged parts that blends whimsy with mechanical absurdity.[7] Meanwhile, Grace's melancholy deepens, marked by surreal moments such as her fixation on reincarnating as a turtle and fleeting hallucinations, including a sequence where a large fish appears to float through the desert air near a saguaro cactus.[8] As Axel's immersion in this world progresses, tensions escalate during a chaotic family dinner where clashing personalities erupt: Grace attempts suicide by hanging herself with pantyhose, Paul quotes lines from The Wizard of Oz in a bizarre performance, and the group confronts their conflicting aspirations—Leo's vision of stacking Cadillacs into towers, Elaine's aerial fantasies, and Grace's desire for escape through death.[7] Grace later proposes a game of Russian roulette to Axel, who survives several pulls of the trigger in a tense, dreamlike standoff that underscores the precariousness of their lives. The flying machine's test flight ends in a catastrophic crash after Grace sabotages it out of jealousy, though Axel rebuilds it, highlighting his growing entanglement in the women's emotional turmoil.[6] Paul, aspiring to Hollywood stardom, organizes a local talent show featuring a comedic imitation of Cary Grant, but the event is overshadowed when Leo suffers a heart attack and dies en route to the hospital in an ambulance, leaving Axel to grapple with loss and inheritance.[2] Months pass, and Axel returns to Elaine and Grace, attempting to rebuild amid the Cadillac graveyard on Leo's abandoned lot. On Elaine's birthday, he surprises her with a functional airplane as a gift, leading to a celebratory flight during an approaching thunderstorm; however, Grace releases her pet turtles into the wild and then shoots herself outside in the pouring rain, her body discovered as lightning strikes and destroys the airplane in a burst of flames.[6] Devastated, Axel retreats to sleep atop a rusted Cadillac, accompanied by a mother cat and her kittens, reflecting on the blurred lines between reality and fantasy in a state of numb acceptance. The film concludes ambiguously with a surreal dream sequence where Axel and the spirit of Uncle Leo, transformed as Inuit hunters, pursue and catch a halibut that suddenly takes flight into the sunrise, symbolizing an elusive harmony.[8]Cast
The principal cast of Arizona Dream features Johnny Depp as Axel Blackmar, a daydreaming fish enthusiast working as a tagger in New York who becomes drawn into the eccentric world of his uncle's car dealership. Faye Dunaway portrays Elaine Stalker, an eccentric inventor obsessed with constructing flying machines. Jerry Lewis plays Leo Sweetie, Axel's optimistic uncle and a flamboyant used car salesman seeking redemption for past family losses. Lili Taylor stars as Grace Stalker, Elaine's troubled stepdaughter grappling with emotional instability. Vincent Gallo appears as Paul Leger, Axel's cousin and a rival suitor with a competitive edge in the story's romantic entanglements.[9][7][10][11]| Actor | Role | Character Description |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny Depp | Axel Blackmar | Daydreaming fish enthusiast |
| Faye Dunaway | Elaine Stalker | Eccentric inventor of flying machines |
| Jerry Lewis | Leo Sweetie | Optimistic uncle and car salesman |
| Lili Taylor | Grace Stalker | Troubled stepdaughter |
| Vincent Gallo | Paul Leger | Rival suitor and cousin |
Themes
Arizona Dream explores themes of escapism and the disillusionment with the American Dream through its protagonist Axel Blackmar's reluctant journey from urban New York to the eccentric rural landscapes of Arizona, where he confronts the futility of idealized self-reinvention.[13] The film critiques the notion of America as a land of boundless opportunity, portraying it instead as a dreamlike construct riddled with artificiality and repression of otherness, as Axel realizes that "no discovery in America was possible anymore."[13] This disillusionment is amplified by dream sequences that blur the boundaries between reality and fantasy, incorporating absurd inventions and surreal events to underscore the characters' futile attempts to escape their existential voids.[14] Central to the film's symbolism are flying machines, such as balloons and makeshift planes, which serve as metaphors for unattainable freedom and the elusiveness of personal liberation, linking Axel's childhood fantasies to his adult realizations of entrapment.[13] Similarly, the recurring motif of fish, particularly the arrowtooth halibut, represents Axel's inner turmoil and psychological maturation, symbolizing a transformation from naive dreams to confronting loss and identity crises amid familial and relational complexities.[14] These elements draw on magical realism, blending fantastical imagery with everyday absurdity to highlight the tension between illusion and harsh truth.[15] Kusturica infuses the narrative with influences from Balkan folklore, manifesting in the film's rural eccentricity that contrasts sharply with urban alienation, portraying isolated desert communities as vibrant yet chaotic havens of folklore-inspired whimsy.[15] This stylistic choice evokes a cosmopolitical lens on cultural displacement, where ethnic diversity and otherness challenge homogenized American identity.[13] The exploration of identity, loss, and absurdity in relationships further aligns with existentialist undertones, as characters navigate Freudian familial dynamics and self-defining dreams that ultimately reveal the absurdity of seeking meaning in a disjointed world.[14] Through these motifs, the film parallels existential philosophy by emphasizing the perpetual tension between aspiration and inevitable disillusionment.[14]Production
Development
The screenplay for Arizona Dream was written by David Atkins, based on a story co-developed with director Emir Kusturica.[7] The project originated from Kusturica's fascination with American myths and surrealism, shaped by his time teaching at Columbia University in the late 1980s, where he first encountered Atkins and began conceptualizing a critique of the American Dream through fragmented symbols like discovery narratives and literary influences from J.D. Salinger and Jack London.[13] This marked Kusturica's first foray into an American setting, envisioned as a blend of daffy humor, ecstatic joy, and underlying tragedy to dissect the illogic of pursuing unattainable dreams.[16] The film was a co-production between French companies Constellation, UGC, and Hachette Premiere, with American involvement.[17] Pre-production unfolded in the early 1990s, with principal photography commencing in 1991 amid the escalating conflict in the former Yugoslavia, which influenced Kusturica's outsider perspective on the U.S. landscape.[7] Initial financial backing came from French producers Claudie Ossard and Yves Marmion.[18] The estimated budget was $19 million, though costs reportedly escalated during production due to Kusturica's expansive stylistic demands.[19] Casting emphasized actors capable of embodying eccentric, dramatic depth within the film's surreal framework. Johnny Depp was attached to the lead role shortly after his breakout performance in Edward Scissorhands (1990), bringing a youthful vulnerability to the project.[1] Faye Dunaway and Jerry Lewis were selected for their proven range in portraying complex, emotionally volatile characters, aligning with Kusturica's intent to merge comedic absurdity with tragic undertones.[16]Filming
Principal photography for Arizona Dream primarily took place in Douglas and Patagonia, Arizona, including at San Rafael Ranch State Park, from March to September 1991, with a three-month hiatus during production.[20] The remote desert landscapes of these locations were selected to emphasize the film's themes of surreal isolation and introspection.[21] Production faced significant challenges, including schedule delays stemming from director Emir Kusturica's illness due to the demands of American filmmaking, which halted filming for three months and stretched the overall shoot to nearly a year.[22] Kusturica, accustomed to more flexible European productions, struggled with the rigid commercial constraints of American filmmaking, including strict budgets and timelines, leading to the health crisis.[22] The cast, including Johnny Depp, agreed to pause and resume later, allowing for an improvisational approach where Kusturica "invent[ed] scenes" on set to adapt to the interruptions.[22] These delays contributed to budget overruns as the production disregarded initial financial limits.[21] Cinematographer Vilko Filač employed 35mm Panavision cameras to capture the film's dreamlike quality, utilizing handheld techniques to convey chaotic energy and fluidity in the narrative.[23] Practical effects were used for key elements, such as the protagonist's uncle's elaborate flying machine and a complex Rube Goldberg-inspired device, enhancing the surreal, inventive sequences without relying on extensive digital augmentation during principal photography.[24] In post-production, the initial cut was approximately four hours long and was trimmed to 142 minutes for the European release.[25] Visual effects, including late-1980s desktop graphics for recurring hallucinatory elements like the dream fish, were added to heighten the film's psychedelic and oneiric atmosphere.[21]Release
Premiere
Arizona Dream had its world premiere in the competition section of the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival from February 11–22, 1993, where it received the Silver Bear for Special Jury Prize.[7] The film was released theatrically in France on January 6, 1993, distributed by Bac Films.[26] In the United States, Warner Bros. handled an initial limited theatrical release on September 9, 1994, of a shortened version, followed by a 1995 re-release of the 142-minute director's cut starting June 7, 1995, positioning the film as an indie art-house production that leveraged Johnny Depp's rising star power following films like Edward Scissorhands.[27] The marketing strategy emphasized its surreal elements, with trailers highlighting dreamlike sequences, eccentric humor, and the film's offbeat narrative to appeal to audiences seeking unconventional cinema.[28] Festival circuit screenings generated buzz, capitalizing on director Emir Kusturica's international acclaim from prior works such as Time of the Gypsies.[29] Internationally, the film saw robust distribution in Europe, particularly in France and the former Yugoslavia, where Kusturica's cultural ties boosted interest, while its rollout in Asia remained limited, primarily to later home video markets in regions like Hong Kong and Japan.[8][30]Box office
Arizona Dream achieved modest commercial success, particularly in North America, where its limited U.S. theatrical release in 1995 generated a total gross of $112,547. The film opened on June 7, 1995, earning $6,887 in its debut weekend across a minimal number of screens, reflecting its niche arthouse positioning. This per-screen average quickly diminished as the film faded from theaters, unable to capture mainstream audiences despite its festival pedigree from the 1993 Berlin International Film Festival.[31][27] In contrast, the film's earlier European rollout in 1993 proved stronger, with nearly 930,000 admissions in France alone, underscoring its appeal to international viewers familiar with director Emir Kusturica's style. These regional earnings contributed to a worldwide total exceeding $1 million, though precise international figures remain fragmented across markets.[32] Overall, the production failed to recoup its estimated $15–19 million budget, hampered by its surreal narrative and eccentric tone, which limited crossover from critical festival buzz to broad commercial viability. The U.S. release coincided with a blockbuster-dominated landscape, including holdover successes like Jurassic Park from 1993 and 1994's high-profile releases, further marginalizing its arthouse draw.[33][1]Reception
Critical response
Upon its release in 1993, Arizona Dream received mixed reviews from critics, who praised director Emir Kusturica's visionary and surreal style while often criticizing the film's uneven pacing and indulgent elements. Roger Ebert awarded it three out of four stars, lauding its "wonderful, imaginative sights" such as ambulances launching to the moon and turtles hidden in meatballs, as well as the strong performances from Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, and Lili Taylor, which grounded the film's enchanting, unpredictable vision. In contrast, Variety described the film as "heavy going" despite its "gorgeous, sometimes surreal visuals," noting that Kusturica's "sometimes unwieldy Europe-inflected concerns" grafted onto American landscapes yielded mixed results, with the narrative feeling erratic and overly indulgent.[2][4] The film holds an 87% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 15 reviews, with the consensus highlighting its "inscrutably strange, yet undeniably compelling" nature anchored by magnetic performances from Depp and Dunaway. On Metacritic, it scores 62 out of 100, reflecting a generally favorable but divided critical response.[5][34] In retrospective assessments post-2010, Arizona Dream has been reevaluated as a cult classic, particularly valued for showcasing Johnny Depp's early indie work before his mainstream stardom. A 2020 Hollywood Reporter piece described it as a "sprawling and divisive two-and-a-half-hour" absurdist effort that has gained a dedicated following for its quirky blend of humor and emotion. Similarly, a Film Comment analysis from the same year celebrated the uncut 142-minute version for its "heady blend of poignancy, hilarity, and magical realism," emphasizing the captivating performances of Dunaway and Lili Taylor.[29][7] Common critiques across reviews include the film's overlong 142-minute runtime, which some found stalling and exhausting despite its ambitions, as well as its divisive humor, often seen as manic and off-putting to mainstream audiences. Time Out called it "maddeningly indulgent and erratic," underscoring how its bizarre tone alienated some viewers while enchanting others.[24][35]Awards
At the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival in 1993, Arizona Dream won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize, awarded to director Emir Kusturica for the film's innovative blend of surrealism and emotional depth.[36] The picture was also nominated for the Golden Bear, the festival's highest honor for best film.[37] Despite its international recognition, Arizona Dream garnered no major nominations at the Academy Awards, attributable to its limited U.S. release.[27] The film appeared on several critics' year-end lists, including Roger Ebert's top 10 films of 1995 (ninth place).[38]Soundtrack
Composition
The score for Arizona Dream was composed by Goran Bregović, a Bosnian musician known for fusing traditional Balkan folk elements with Western rock and punk influences, creating a hybrid sound that underscores the film's eccentric and surreal tone.[39] This approach incorporated gypsy brass sections and rhythmic patterns drawn from Eastern European traditions alongside American rock sensibilities, reflecting Bregović's signature style.[40] The composition process marked a continuation of Bregović's longstanding collaboration with director Emir Kusturica, building on their prior work together for films like Time of the Gypsies (1988), where music played a central role in amplifying narrative intensity.[40] Recording took place in 1992 across multiple locations, including Radio Belgrad Studio 6 in Belgrade, The Looking Glass Studio in New York, and Studios Ferber and Mega in Paris, allowing for a diverse ensemble that captured the score's multicultural essence. Key contributors included Iggy Pop, who provided raw, expressive vocals and lyrics for standout tracks such as "In the Deathcar" and "TV Screen," infusing the music with punk edge.[41] Prominent use of accordion and brass instruments highlighted surreal sequences, evoking a dreamlike atmosphere through lively, improvisational folk motifs.[39] The music integrates seamlessly with the film's visuals, underscoring dream sequences with non-diegetic orchestral swells while incorporating diegetic elements, such as accordion performances and radio broadcasts, to heighten the characters' eccentric world.[41] This dual approach, blending scored and source music, enhances the narrative's themes of illusion and cultural displacement without overpowering the dialogue or action.[39]Album release
The soundtrack album for Arizona Dream, titled Arizona Dream (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), was released in 1993 by Mercury Records, a division of PolyGram, coinciding with the film's premiere. The album comprises 11 tracks primarily composed by Goran Bregović, featuring an eclectic mix of gypsy jazz, Balkan folk influences, and pop elements, with notable vocal contributions from Iggy Pop on several pieces, including covers and originals like "Space Monkey."[42] It was initially issued on CD (catalog number 512 112-2), with vinyl and cassette formats also available in select markets. The tracklist emphasizes Bregović's signature atmospheric style, blending instrumental suites with lyrical tracks:| No. | Title | Featured Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In the Deathcar | Iggy Pop | 5:13 |
| 2 | Dreams | – | 3:34 |
| 3 | Old Home Movie | – | 5:04 |
| 4 | TV Screen | Iggy Pop | 5:19 |
| 5 | 7/8 & 11/8 | – | 4:52 |
| 6 | Get the Money | – | 3:32 |
| 7 | Gunpowder | – | 4:40 |
| 8 | Gypsy Reggae | – | 3:28 |
| 9 | Death | – | 4:42 |
| 10 | Space Monkey | Iggy Pop | 3:27 |
| 11 | This Is a Film | Iggy Pop | 5:32 |