Pytel blech (A Bagful of Fleas) 1962 + Sedmikrásky (Daisies) 1966 Ages 15+
6.00PM Fri 20 Jul 2018
(1hr 57mins)
GOMA | Cinema A | Free
SYNOPSIS
A Bagful of Fleas 1962 (43 mins)
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.
Daisies 1966 (74 mins)
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.
CREDITS
A Bagful of Fleas 1962
35MM TO DCP, COLOUR, DOLBY DIGITAL, 43 MINUTES, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, CZECH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) / DIRECTOR: VÉRA CHYTILOVÁ / SCRIPTWRITER: VÉRA CHYTILOVÁ / CINEMATOGRAPHER: JAROMIR ŠOFR / EDITOR: MARIE ČULÍKOVÁ / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE IN PRAGUE
Daisies 1966
35MM TO DCP, COLOUR, DOLBY DIGITAL, 74 MINUTES, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, CZECH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) / DIRECTOR: VÉRA CHYTILOVÁ / SCRIPTWRITER: VÉRA CHYTILOVÁ, ESTER KRUMBACHOVÁ & PAVEL JURÁCEK / CINEMATOGRAPHER: JAROSLAV KUCERA / EDITOR: MIROSLAVE HÁJEK / SOUND: LADISLAV HAUSDORF / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE IN PRAGUE