E X A M P L E S “Try to pass through life, if possible, without getting dirty. If it happens that you do get dirty, try not to disgrace yourself.” IN THE ECHO OF WARS Dragan Nikolić did not only become a light; he grew into a huge lighthouse, shedding enlightening rays on the more beautiful and more refined path of art and life. The path more difficult to walk on, but lasting longer. There is almost nothing more to say about him as an actor, about his roles. Everything has been told and written already during his lifetime. Both experts and the audience, individuals and institutions, known and unknown, wellintended and cynics, were all united in their opinion that he was the best among the best in his work. Every role was “made” for him. However, Dragan Nikolić never liked being in the spotlight. Even in kafanas. He kept his intimacy, his friends, and acquaintances from “Talija”, “Potkovica” and other Belgrade kafanas. I met my childhood idol for the first time, thanks to the doyen of Serbian photography, Mile Jelesijević, in the nineties, in Rose, where I had just arrived from the Herzegovinian front. Boro Glogovac, driver of Colonel Novica Gušić, drove me there, so that I could finally have a summer holiday with my family in Herceg Novi, and to drive back Mile, then stationed in Rose, to the Nevesinje front. I remember almost every detail. Gaga, tanned, in white Bermuda shorts and navy striped shirt, relaxed, with a few expressions on his face, carefully listened to the story about the preacher from the village of Dujmovići under Treskavica and his dedication to Islam, which was so strong that he even painted bean and tomato sticks in green, as well as his entire house and yard. “Perhaps he just marked himself so that Allah could see him better from above”, commented Gaga with a smile this picturesque detail about the village preacher and his vilayet. We were drinking slowly, on the seashore, immediately under his house. Mile brought some exotic Italian vodka with orange, which we quenched with beer. Gaga was drinking grape brandy and listened to the idle chatter of two war reporters inspired by the beverage. He carefully followed the stories from the war, which is still lasting somewhere within us, as a famous director of partisan movies used to say. He was mostly silent, lighting one after another “Milboro” (“Marlboro” smuggled to Italy from Zelenika by speedboats at night). He almost shyly asked what was going on in Herzegovina? Is it true that the gap between Mladić and Karadžić is so deep and unbridgeable!? We also mentioned the commander of “Tigers”, whom he appreciated as a patriot and brave man. We said goodbye to Mile, wished him a nice trip over Luštica to Herzegovina, and took a boat towards Herceg Novi, to attend the opening of the film festival. Somewhere in the middle of the bay, the waves rose. A seven year-old boy in the boat began panicking. He started crying and his parents unsuccessfully attempted to calm him down. Gaga stood up and, 66 SRBIJA • BROJ <strong>54</strong> • 2016.
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