A Bagful of Fleas + Daisies 1962 – 1966 Ages 15+
When
6.00 pm, Fri 20 Jul 2018 (117 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
Pytel blech (A Bagful of Fleas) 1962
Shot in a teenage girls boarding school attached to a cotton mill, this quasi-vérité short by Véra Chytilova anticipates both Daisies and Miloš Forman’s A Blonde in Love.
43 minutes | Ages 15+
Sedmikrásky (Daisies) 1966
The film most emblematic of the freedoms afforded artists by the then imminent Prague Spring, Véra Chytilová’s best known film is a glorious Dadaist revolt against dominant narrative genres and modes of representation. Two young women embark upon an anarchic rampage, joyously exploiting a string of hapless men; chaos and wanton destruction ensue.
74 minutes | Ages 15+
Production Credits
Pytel blech (A Bagful of Fleas)
- Director: Véra Chytilová
- Scriptwriter: Véra Chytilová
- Cinematographer: Jaromir Šofr
- Editor: Marie Čulíková
- Print Source / Rights: National Film Archive, Prague
- Year: 1962
- Runtime: 43 minutes
- Country: Czechoslovakia
- Language: Czech
- Subtitles: English
- Colour: Black & White
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm
Sedmikrásky (Daisies)
- Director: Věra Chytilová
- Script: Věra Chytilová, Ester Krumbachová
- Cinematographer: Jaroslav Kučera
- Editor: Miroslave Hájek
- Print Source/Rights: National Film Archive, Prague
- Year: 1966
- Runtime: 74 minutes
- Country: Czechoslovakia
- Language: Czech
- Subtitles: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm