Ivan Martinac (1938 – 2005) is one of the great Croatian artists and intellectuals. He was a film director, screenwriter, editor, filmmaker, poet, journalist, architect, painter, astrologer, chess player, all in all, a unique person in this region. To interpret Martinac's oeuvre is delicate task, and it seems impossible to write about His film opus and even individual films without understanding the basic principles of his versatile practice, his mission. It is not because of his movies, because each one had a unique and different aim expressed in a universal film language which one could understand, but because of the breadth and purity of his spiritual space, the attention, the commitment and the pedantiness he approached everything that touched him, but also because of the unwavering will with which he defended his beliefs. When watching or reading Martinac's works, one can sense communication even towards public outside of his time and space, his intention to work on still unknown connections and relationships. Martinac is one of the charismatic authors emerging from the Split Cine Club.
1. ARMAGEDDON OR THE END
1964, normal 8mm, b&w, 11min
script, direction, editing – Ivan Martinac
camera – Mihovil Drušković
music – Count Basie, Ray Charles
starring – Dunja Adam, Martin Crvelin
production – Kino klub Split, 1964.
2. THE SOMBER DAY
1965, normal 8mm, b&w, 8min 30sec
directed by Ivan Martinac
script, editing – Ivan Martinac
camera – Mihovil Drušković
music – Cesar Franck
starring – Lordan Zafranović, Ivan Martinac, Stipan Boban
p – Kino klub Split, 1965.
3. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
1966, normal 8mm, b&w, 10min
directed by Ivan Martinac
script, camera, editing – Ivan Martinac
music – Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman
starring – Dunja Adam, Lordan Zafranović
production – Kino klub Split, 1966.
4. I'M MAD
1967, normal 8mm, color, 6min 30sec
directed by Ivan Martinac
script, camera, editing – Ivan Martinac
music – Max Rouch
starring – Ranko Kursar
production – Kino klub Split, 1967.
5. ATELIER DIOCLETIAN
1967, normal 8mm, b&w, 7min 30sec
directed by Ivan Martinac
script, camera, editing – Ivan Martinac
sound – bells
production – Kino klub Split, 1967.
6. EVERYTHING OR NOTHING
1968, normal 8mm, b&w, colour, 10 min 30 sec
directed by Ivan Martinac
script, editing – Ivan Martinac
camera – Andrija Pivčević
sound – bells, Joan Baez, Cesar Franck
starring – Ranko Kursar, Jakša Fiamengo, Martin Crvelin, Filip Roje, Ante Režić, Ivan Martinac
production – Kino klub Split, 1968.
