In Belgrade, on May 7, 1989, the film “The Fall of Rock and Roll” was premiered. It is a three-part omnibus created by three directors: Zoran Pezo, Vladimir Slavica, and Goran Gajić. In addition to being the most famous music film, “The Fall of Rock and Roll” was very innovative at the time it was made, and such creativity in a musical comedy has not been surpassed to this day.
The screenplay was also written by three authors: music critic and one of the editors of Džuboks, Branko Vukojević, dramaturge and journalist Aleksandar Barišić, and screenwriter Biljana Maksić.
Following the same concept, the film’s music was also created by multiple artists, with each segment of the film featuring songs by some of the biggest names of the former SFRY music scene: Vlada Divljan from Idoli (soundtrack for the story “Do izvora dva putića”), Srđan Gojković Gile from Električni orgazam for the story “Nije sve u ljubavi,” and Dušan Kojić Koja from Disciplin A Kitschme for the final chapter “Ne šalji mi pisma.” Kojić also later wrote additional scenes that connect all three stories.
The roles in the film were also played by several rock musicians: drummer of Električni orgazam Goran Čavajda “Čavke,” singer and guitarist of Bombaj Štampa Branko Đurić “Đuro,” leader of Disciplin A Kitschme Dušan Kojić, and then-drummer of EKV Srđan Todorović, as well as a number of well-known actors, including Bogdan Diklić, Dragan Bjelogrlić, Anica Dobra, Sonja Savić, Velimir Bata Živojinović, Slobodan Ninković, and others.
The film’s music was released as an album of the same name by PGP RTB in the summer of that year, and one of the most famous songs became Kojić’s “Trese, lupa, udara,” performed by Branko Đurić of Bombaj Štampa. Lines from the film became beloved by many generations and entered everyday speech.
