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Mick Travis
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Mon May 30th 16:39 2005 / #1 |
Some classics:
The shop on the Main Street (Jan Kadar & Elmar Klos, 1964)
Closely Observed Trains (Jiri Menzel, 1966)
Diamonds of the Night (Jan Nemec, 1964)
Don't know about the CZ DVDs, but the Criterion tranfers are excellent. Also, anything else by Menzel or Nemec would be good.
Vera Chytilova and Jaromil Jires are great if you're into surrealism:
Daises (Chytilova, 1966)
Valerie and her Week of Wonders (Jires, 1971)
Some great comedies:
Lemonade Joe (Oldrich Lipsky, 1964)
Vrchni, Prchni! (Waiter, Run For It!) (Ladislav Smoljak, 1980)
And one of my personal favourites, though the Czech DVD here has no english subs:
Adele Hasn't Had Her Dinner Yet (Lipsky, 1977)
Let me know if you've seen any of these, or would like some more suggestions. |
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Alex G
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Mon May 30th 17:43 2005 / #2 |
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For those of us looking for a bit of slapstick comedy to help hone the language skills, Kamenak (1-3) are very good (and funny). |
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Mick Travis
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Tue May 31st 01:49 2005 / #3 |
Not gonna even mention how awful the Kamenak films are.....just so base and commercial, faux-hollywood shite.......
But I don't know if 2003-2005 qualifies as "Old". Maybe 2003, I guess.
Alex - go rent "Lemonade Joe". Now THERE'S slapstick comedy. |
RacerX
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Tue May 31st 08:42 2005 / #4 |
Milos Forman je Buh:
Hor?, m?? panenko
L??sky jedníé plavovl??sky
also try Jaroslav Papousek's Ecce Homo Homolka |
butthead
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Tue May 31st 09:52 2005 / #5 |
my favorites:
The slunce sena series.
Fireman's ball, or something ples by foreman. |
Micah
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Tue May 31st 10:06 2005 / #6 |
Spalovac mrtvol - based on the surrealist (?) novel of Ladislav Fuks, Citizen Kane meets the Dalai Llama. I'm not sure I "got" it, but it looked nice.
Slunce, seno, erotica - Fucking funny. Czech self-reflexive comedy at its best. A group of "model" villagers are chosen to visit an Italian communal farm.
Perlicky na dne - Another Hrabal/Menzel thang. Kind of a Czech new wave business, based on 5 of Hrabal's short stories.
Skrivanci na niti - More Hrabal/Menzel. This should be required viewing. Fantastic, depressing. Based on Hrabal's time working in a miserable factory in Kladno.
Post?™i??iny - from Jiri Menzel, possibly better than CWT. |
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bacil
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Tue May 31st 10:59 2005 / #7 |
some other comedies, some pretty silly :-) enjoy!
Na samotÄ› u lesa
Jak utopit doktora Mr??Ä?ka
L?©to s kovbojem
Slavnosti snÄ›??enek (Hrabal-Menzl)
Pane, vy jste vdova
S tebou mě bav? svět
Kdo chce zab?t Jessie
Limon??dov?? Joe
R??no vstanu a opa?™?m se Ä?ajem
D?vka na ko??těti
J??ra Cimrmman le???c?, sp?c? |
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Amadeus Schubergruber
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Tue May 31st 12:05 2005 / #8 |
Tajemn?? hrad v Karpatech
MareÄ?ku, podejte mi pero
and - I agree - S tebou mě bav? svět; Vrchn?, prchni |
jeff
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Tue May 31st 16:01 2005 / #9 |
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Great! Thank you kindly for the tips .. |
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Bob Hound
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Wed Jun 1st 19:39 2005 / #10 |
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I don't know if this is old, but Samotage is a definite must see! I'd say it ranks in the top 3 for best all time Czech Movie! I have a copy jeff if you want to borrow it but I am presume you have seen it! |
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jeff
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Thu Jun 2nd 12:07 2005 / #11 |
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Yes i have (assuming you mean Samota?™?) - thanks Bob! And yes, very funny ... |
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anna ramone
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Wed Mar 29th 12:07 2006 / #12 |
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* "ovoce stromu rajskych jime" and "sedmikrasky" by chytilova
*"snezenky a machri"
*"duchacek to zaridi" |
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Kevin Spaceman
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Thu Mar 30th 11:54 2006 / #13 |
If you're into surrealism and fantasy, Karel Zeman's Baron Prasil (1961), made at Zlin Film Studio which Bat'a built for advertising and marketing their shoes.
Baron Prasil inspired Terry Gilliam's Baron Munchausen (1988). Zeman says more with less, using inexpensive props and sets, to create an otherworldly feeling. Come to think of it, Tarkovsky did the same. |
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Fri Mar 31st 08:33 2006 / #14 |
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Kurva hosi guten tag...great building comedy involving restitution, alcohol, emus, hookers, god and of course Da??a Havelova (wife of the ex-president).. a must see |
h2h
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Thu Sep 21st 13:00 2006 / #15 |
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Spalovac Mrtvol /The Cremator is a beautiful disturbing film by Juraj Herz. Shot in black and white, starring Rudolf Hrusinsky (better known as good soldier Svejk) as the cremator in the late 30s who becomes obssessed with purifying the world, reincarnation, the Dalai Lama and then recruited by the Nazis for Auschwitz. One of my favorites. |
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In Between Days
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Thu Sep 21st 14:20 2006 / #16 |
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Valerie and the Week of Wonders, Daisies, The Wild Bees, Loves of a Blonde... |
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In Between Days
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Fri Sep 22nd 11:58 2006 / #17 |
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Oh yes...anything by Jan Svankmajer is a must also. |
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yogi
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Fri Sep 22nd 16:44 2006 / #18 |
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Coz takhle dát si spenát is great |
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todd
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Mon Sep 25th 21:06 2006 / #19 |
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:) you ain't lying...classic |
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jeff
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Mon Dec 11th 16:30 2006 / #20 |
Andy Markowitz has some great tips here:
Czech Cinema
A short history of the Czech Republic's rich film heritage
http://prague.tv/articles/art-and-culture/czech-cinema |
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NOMADNESS
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Tue Dec 12th 02:38 2006 / #21 |
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Fantastic Planet |
Simona
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Wed Dec 13th 13:24 2006 / #22 |
i like Snowbordaci :-) also good film is Sametovy Vrazi - this story is realy happend in Czech.
Ctyri vrazdy staci drahousku verry good!
Skritek
Jedna ruka Netleska
Samotari
Septej
Hrubes a Mares sou kamaradi do deste |
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Simona
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Wed Dec 13th 13:27 2006 / #23 |
Also now is up DVD with magazine XMag and there is verry good film Its all gon with Pete Tong!!!!!!!
This film was on Fresh Film......Magazine with DVD just per 100,- CZK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Mon Jan 1st 16:23 2007 / #24 |
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Didn't see Marketa Lazarová listed here--apologies if I missed it--but it's a unique piece about an era of human transition, from pagan to Xtian. Read IMDB synopsis and review from Czech. |
leosdaly
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Mon Sep 17th 12:19 2007 / #25 |
http://prague.tv/articles/art-and-culture/czech-cinema
this is that best information about Czech movies |
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