This specially priced, Limited Edition 3-DVD set comprises three extraordinary features from a golden age of Eastern European cinema which came to be known as the 'Czechoslovak New Wave'. This brief period, from circa 1963 to 1969, produced an astonishing sequence of films that made a huge impact on world cinema. These three integral works of that most creative period were made in the most difficult of circumstances under the gaze of Government censors, yet achieved a miraculous and subversive marriage of content and form. Now, fifty years on, the films remain as remarkable... as ever. The set includes: A Blonde in Love / Lásky jedné plavovlásky (MiloÅ¡ Forman, 1965) Widely regarded as one of the great films of the 60s, this bittersweet romance unfolds as a wry critique of life under totalitarianism. Forman's sweetly seductive Oscar®-nominated feature remains a subtle and beautifully observed social satire. The Party and the Guests / O slavnosti a hostech (Jan NÄmec, 1966) Considered the most politically dangerous film made during the Czech New Wave - and subsequently banned forever - NÄmec's film is a biting satire of authoritarianism and conformity. The film's universal relevance continues to this day. Larks on a String / SkÅivánci na niti (JiÅà Menzel, 1969) Menzel's audacious, long-banned political comedy is set in a scrap metal yard where political dissidents are interned for 're-education'. A powerful commentary on totalitarianism and a celebration of the resilience of the human spirit. [show more]
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Triple bill of Czechoslovakian New Wave films. In 'A Blonde in Love' (1965) young factory worker Andula (Hana Brejchova) meets a pianist at a dance in her rural town and spends the night with him. After he leaves she becomes infatuated with him and accepts his flippant invitation to visit him in Prague. In 'The Party and the Guests' (1966) a group of happy, carefree picnickers are accosted by a group of thugs led by sadist Rudolf (Jan Klusák) who quickly gains an unbreakable hold over the group and subjects them to a cruel psychological game in which he acts as an interrogator. The ordeal is interrupted by the arrival of a stranger (Ivan Vyskocil) who invites the whole party to a nonsensical yet elegant and formal outdoor banquet. As the bizarre games continue, one member of the party chooses to run away, leading the entire group to take arms and hunt him down. 'Larks On a String' (1990) tells the stories of the various characters interned in a labour camp in 1950s Communist-run Prague. The residents have been deemed counter-revolutionary and bourgeois by the Czech government and are forced to spend their days sorting out piles of scrap metal for the purposes of re-education. As they toil, the workers, who include a literature professor, a public prosecutor, a dairyman, a saxophonist, a barber and a cook, philosophise and flirt amid the detritus of industrial society.
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