Czech director Věra Chytilová’s most famous film Daisies (1966) is a classic of avant-garde cinema. Seemingly childish and playful but with a searing undercurrent of transgressive politics, it is short but packs a punch above it’s weight. But the arrival of Daisies had been heralded by Chytilová’s earlier films: notably A Bagful of Fleas (1962) and Something Different (1963)….
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Witchhammer (1970)
There was something in the air in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Witchfinder General (1968) had smuggled elements of realism and noir into the Hammer-esque Gothic horror cycle, and in doing so had spearheaded a run of films preoccupied with the persecution of women in the 17th century, some more salacious than others. Witchhammer, a Czech film…
I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
“Are there any interesting social cases here? People in sleazy flats? People with unpaid dental bills? Drug cases will do, too. I work for “Expressen” the paper with a sting. My paper is planning a conservative victory in the ’68 elections. We’re doing a series on the ten most sordid social welfare cases” ‘I Am…
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