Author: Mladen Sablic
Email: sablic@lts.sel.alcatel.de
Date: 1997/07/30
Forums: alt.fan.mira-furlan
Message-ID: <33DF3CFD.4E90@lts.sel.alcatel.de>
Hi folks,
I remember Mira Furlan the actress but in a completely
different incarnation. I must admit I never watched more
than couple of episodes of Babylon 5 of the first season
and I though they were pretty crap - too much like
a daytime soap. Maybe things have changed but I am
a Star Trek fan.
Anyways, I did not notice Mira Furlan in B5 but I remember
her well from an earlier age. When I was a kid in Croatia
She was one of the hottest young actress in Yugoslav
cinema/television. I think she even comes from my home town
Rijeka.
What I rember her most for is her role in "Velo Misto" (Big Town)
in early 80s.
It was a television series about the history of the city of
Split from Austro-Hungarian times to the end of WWII and the
character she plays a typical local girl, falls in love with
a local lad, etc. etc. their whole life as they live through
turbulent times of the city. The story really surronds the
history of the football club Hajduk Split and the people
that founded it. Much more real people story than B5 anyway.
And sorry guys, yes it is in Croatian Dalmatian dialect, so
you will never be able to experience Mira Furlan at her best.
The series was very popular and shows Dalmatian characters at
its best. It was supposed to be repeated last summer but they
put on the earlier series from the same author suprisingly
called "Malo Misto" (Small Town) - and you all thought Hollywood
invented sequals :-)
Anyways, she was also in just about every film at the time,
and I think any make up they put on her in B5 is a complete
waste.
Cheers,
Mladen