Familiar Chaos

As I sat and watched Underground there appeared to me to be this reoccurring theme or utter chaos, and not in a chaotic type of way, but in a very familiar and usual fashion which seemed remarkably bizarre to me. Even in the opening scene there is chaos. There are obviously inebriated men firing their weapons at random with a band playing hastily behind their rushing horses. The next scene is in a zoo where animals seem to begin to grow frantic and immediately following that is sheer chaos as the small town begins to be bombed and blown to pieces. However, within all this chaos, the character Blacky seems to be in no way taken aback. He goes right on eating his meal and intends on finishing it. There seems to be some level of strange normality amidst all the chaos.

This is a theme brought back over and over throughout the film and interestingly enough, it usually has something to do with alcohol and the two main characters, Blacky and Marko. From scene to scene, they are depicted in outrageous situations where they seem to thrive in, with of course their faithful companion, alcohol.