I recently brought back from Serbia two black and white photographs of
Hari Džekson (Harry Jackson), which he was displaying in the window of his photography studio.
Aljuš Musli (1944–1999), a young Muslim
photographer from my hometown of Bijeljina
(population 10,000-15,000 at that time), who was a passionate Western
films lover, so much that starting in the seventies he changed his name to
Hari Džekson and
devoted all the time and
money he had to shooting Western movies, with 8mm camera. He and his friends, fellow "actors" built sets of Western towns from scratch. Local peasants were supplying them with horses and
local Roms (Gypsies) acted as Indians. At that time he became a cult personality.
Unfortunately, by now he is mostly forgotten.
Soon I will be taking his photographs to the West of USA, he deserved to finally make that trip.
Unfortunately, all links and stories I have about Hari are in Bosnian language.
More about
Hari Džekson here.
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I par isjecaka iz clanka “Vecernjih novosti” (06.04.2010):
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Sem Harija, Nastić, Muratović i Ristić se sećaju i drugara Ota i Žaka,
koji su na snimanju
`popili mnogo batina`, jer se to radilo odistinski,
nije se moglo odglumiti.
- Mašinovođu potplatimo sa litrom rakije i
dve porcije ćevapa, da malo uspori voz, kako bismo snimili scenu
pljačke voza. Nije nama ništa posebno trebalo. Kamenolom imaš u Teočaku,
Drina ti je kao Rio Grande, u Jablanuši je ona livada bila jalova,
ništa se na njoj nije sejalo, bila je bolja nego prava prerija. U mahali
nađemo nekoliko Roma, samo im stavimo ratničke boje, pa kao pravi
Indijanci.
I seljaci su bili dobri, davali nam svoju stoku kad god je
trebalo da snimimo krdo goveda, milo im da se njihova goveda pojave u
filmu - priča Juso Muratović, čiji je čitav život obeležen filmom.
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HARI Džekson je u to vreme bio veoma popularan, pa su nas zvali da
snimamo reklame. Vršačka pivara nam je 1987. ponudila da snimimo reklamu
za sok. Bili su slogani `Hari Džekson pije sok, alkoholu kaže jok` i
`Žedan sam ko pas, daj mi ananas`. Ja sam dobio honorar od 37.000
dinara.
Ali, sve je pojela inflacija, takvo je vreme bilo - kaže Đorđe
Nastić.
