Director Srđan Spasojević has insisted that his intentions about making A Serbian Film were purely artistic and political in nature. He has never wavered from his contention that it was a commentary on how the Serbian government uses its citizens as disposable prostitutes and slaves. Whether or not Spasojević was sincere is up to the individual viewer. The very fact that the film inspired such polarized reactions should confirm the notion that whether a film is "art" or "trash" is strictly in the eyes of the beholder. One would have to view the film to form an opinion, but so many people who've actually viewed it were so horrified, that they warn people not to view it because they say it will scar them for life.