Ceiling 1962 + Something Different 1963 1962 – 1963 Ages 15+

When

3.00pm, Sun 22 Jul 2018 (127 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A

About

Strop (Ceiling) 1962

Véra Chytilová’s celebrated FAMU graduation film is an Antonioniesque, semi-documentary portrait of the boredom and objectification endured by a fashion model.

42 minutes

O něčem jiném (Something Different) 1963

Concordant with the faraway burgeoning of second-wave feminism, Véra Chytilová’s debut feature intertwines an ostensible documentary on champion gymnast Eva Bosáková with veristic but dramatised scenes from the life of a frustrated housewife. Both are strikingly shot by Jan Čuřík; the jazzy soundtrack is courtesy of the Semafor theatre’s Jiří Šlitr.

85 minutes | Ages 15+

Production Credits

Strop (Ceiling)

  • Director: Věra Chytilová
  • Script: Věra Chytilová, Pavel Jurácek
  • Cinematographer: Jaromir Šofr
  • Editor: Antonín Zelenka
  • Print Source: National Film Archive, Prague
  • Rights: National Film Archive, Prague
  • Year: 1962
  • Runtime: 42 minutes
  • Language: Czech
  • Subtitles: English, (with English subtitles)
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Shooting Format: 35mm
  • Screening Format: DCP

O něčem jiném (Something Different)

  • Director: Véra Chytilová
  • Script: Véra Chytilová
  • Cinematographer: Jan Čuřík
  • Editor: Miroslav Hájek
  • Print Source / Rights: National Film Archive, Prague
  • Year: 1963
  • Runtime: 85 minutes
  • Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Languages: Czech, (with English subtitles)
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Shooting Format: 35mm
  • Screening Format: DCP