Slovak / Czech cinema

Started by SoNowThen, September 07, 2004, 02:37:13 PM

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SoNowThen

September 07, 2004, 02:37:13 PM
I just came back from a trip there, location scouting for the feature. Both cool countries, though I prefer Bratislava and Slovakia in general to Prague (nothing personal, if there's any Czechs around). Cheap cheap cheap, too, when you earn British pounds. And actually trustworthy film studios set up there.

Anyway, I know nothing of their film history. Can anyone recommend any Slovak or Czech films, past or present? I suppose some present ones would be most beneficial in terms of figuring out the real competent people currently in the industry that I might want to contact.

Also, are there any websites I should check out?

Thanks in advance.


Oh, by the way, in case anyone was wondering, they have the best looking women in the world, no contest. From teens right up into solid middle age, the majority of women are FIT FIT FIT! Guys, you may want to consider putting it on your holiday agenda...
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

The Silver Bullet

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September 07, 2004, 10:40:48 PM
My favourite Czech film is Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (d. Václav Vorlícek, 1966), but some other good ones that I've seen include Pupendo (d. Jan Hrebejk, 2003) and The Pied Piper (d. Jirí Barta, 1985).

Although I've not seen them, I've also heard Divided We Fall (d. Jan Hrebejk, 2000) and Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (d. Jaromil Jires, 1970) are very good and worth seeking out.

If you ever get a chance to see Steven Jay Schneider's "CZECH HORROR AND FANTASY ON FILM" series [I was lucky enough to catch a couple of the films at the BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL this year], you definitely should. It's some really, really interesting [and completely bizarre] stuff.
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03

#2
September 08, 2004, 06:35:46 PM
Adelheid by Frantisek Vlacil
Adrift by Jan Kadar
Alice by Jan Svankmajer
Birds, Orphans, and Fools by Juraj Jakubisko
Black Peter by Milos Forman
Cremator, The by Juraj Herz
Daisies by Vera Chytilova
Damned House of Hajn by Jiøí Svoboda
Deserters and Nomads by Juraj Jakubisko
Diamonds of the Night by Jan Nemec
Dinner for Adele by Oldrich Lipsky
Dita Saxova by Antonin Moskalyk
End of August at the Hotel Ozone by Jan Schmidt
For We Too Do Not Forgie by Elmar Klos
Four Murders Are Enough, Honey by Oldrich Lipsky
Fruit of Paradise by Vera Chytilova
Fuckoffguysgoodbye by Vera Chytilova
Horror Story by Jaroslav Brabec
Joke, The by Jaromil Jires
Knoflikari by Petr Zelenka
Long Live Ghosts by Oldrich Lipsky
Love Between Raindrops by Karel Kachyna
Marketa Lazarova by Frantisek Vlacil
Seclusion Near a Forest by Jiri Menzel
Transport from Paradise by Zbynek Brynych
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders by Jaromil Jires
Waiting for Godot by Juraj Jakubisko
Wild Flowers by F.A. Brabec

SHAFTR

#3
September 08, 2004, 06:40:46 PM
Closely Watching Trains, it's on criterion.

Also, isn't Milos Forman's earlier stuff all czech.
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cron

#4
September 08, 2004, 08:23:47 PM
this isn't a xixax  thread
context, context, context.

SoNowThen

#5
September 14, 2004, 03:40:58 AM
That's great, thanks fellas (especially 03 -- jeez!).



Now the task is to find them and get watchin'...
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

Kal

#6
September 14, 2004, 09:43:24 AM
Quote from: SoNowThenBoth cool countries, though I prefer Bratislava and Slovakia in general to Prague (nothing personal, if there's any Czechs around).

Oh, by the way, in case anyone was wondering, they have the best looking women in the world, no contest. From teens right up into solid middle age, the majority of women are FIT FIT FIT! Guys, you may want to consider putting it on your holiday agenda...

I just went there last month and I absolutely agree with you. Prague looked a lot like Disneyland and it was so full of people everywhere I wanted to puke. Bratislava was nice, and it was very cool to see the contrast between the old city, the new city, and the communist city.

The women were unbelivable... all beautiful... I have many of them on film... we did a little documentary to see the opinion of Eastern Europeans about Americans... it was fun.

rustinglass

#7
September 28, 2004, 01:01:13 PM
I went to see "Czech Dream" in the lisbon indie film festival yesterday, and it's very very good. The producer was there and she said that it was only released in the czech republic and that they are trying to get a deal going with a german company. If any of you get a chance to see it, do it.
I think it's going to ghet some awards over here, it's the audience's favourite so far.
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