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Jiri Barta: Labyrinth of Darkness

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2007-04-01 18:22:00 by Brian in International Walnut
Jiri Barta: Labyrinth of Darkness Best known for his celebrated stop-motion adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Czech animator Jiri Barta and his films have remained largely unknown in the United States. Nevertheless, KimStim and Kino (as they have with the short works of fellow Czech animator Jan Svankmajer) have...
 
Tags: short films, short, barta, short film reminiscent, jiri barta, barta films, exceptional short film, silent film, silent
 
 
 
 
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Hitchcock, kids, umbrellas and trains, oh my!

2007-11-02 04:55:00 by Noel Vera in Critic After Dark
 
...Jiri Menzel's Ostre sledované vlaky ( Closely Watched Trains , 1966) is an amazing debut feature; ostensibly about the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, its hidden theme (and real subject) is the Soviet Union's stranglehold on the country since the Second World War. It comes off initially as a lighthearted romantic comedy about Milos...
 
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PSIFF08Michael Hawley's Schedule

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2007-12-31 18:35:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
...Jiri Menzel's I Served the King of England from the Czech Republic and Andrzej Wadja's Katyn from Poland). I've decided not to see heavy hitters 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days and Persepolis in Palm Springs because they're due to open in Bay Area theaters shortly after my return The 17 films that I will be seeing from this section are literally...
 
Tags: schedule, awards buzz films, films, film, foreign language film, argentine films, italian films, feature film adaptation, special 10-film sidebar
 
 
 
 
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Jiri Menzel

2008-02-09 16:13:00 by Pacze Moj in Critical Culture
 
...Jiriho Menzela (1994 1 2 3 ] - Adventures of Private Ivan (1994 1 2 3 ] - Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002 1 2 3 ] - I Served the King of England (2006
 
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Derek Malcolms Century of Cinema

2008-02-17 09:28:38 by michael in Kinoblog
 
...Jiri Menzel, 1966, Czechoslovakia Love ( Szerelem , d. Károly Makk, 1971, Hungary The Round-Up ( Szegénylegények , d. Miklós Jancsó, 1965, Hungary A Short Film About Killing ( Krótki film o zabijaniu , d. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1987, Poland Strike ( Стачка , d. Sergei Eisenstein, 1925, USSR W.R. - Mysteries of the Organism ( W.R....
 
Tags: mikls jancs, tarkovsky, films, oste sledovan vlaky, films inclusion, jancs, andrei tarkovsky, individual reviews, ussr
 
 
 
 
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Beauty in Trouble (CZECH)

2008-06-12 22:45:00 by The Sly Fox in The Sly Fox Film Reviews
 
...Jiri Schmitzer) is a dirty old man. Soon, the creeps exposing himself to and making passes at 15 year-old Lucina, and setting unrealistic house rules, so its obvious that this arrangement wont work either A chance for a new lease on life arrives the day Marcela ventures down to the police station to bail her bum of a husband from behind bars....
 
Tags: day marcela ventures, marcela, czech, sweet sugar daddy, sugar daddy, trouble, beauty, prague appears, prague
 
 
 
 
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43rd Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival Awards

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2008-07-13 14:50:07 by Franck Tabouring in The Screening Log
...Jiri Madl, who co-stars with Issová in Night Owls
 
Tags: issov, nan triveni achnas, festivals special jury, martha issov, peaceful small-town life, night owls, 43th edition, frygtelig iykkelig, film centers
 
 
 
 
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Writers from the Other Europe

2008-09-03 14:22:00 by Pacze Moj in Critical Culture
 
...Jiri Menzel Ferdydurke was produced for Polish television in 1985 , and then made into a feature film by Jerzy Skolimowski in 1991 Geza Csath's diaries were adapted into a 2007 film titled Opium and directed by Janosz Szasz Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hour Glass became a 1973 film by Wojciech Has The Case Worker was produced in 1982...
 
Tags: film, strong film connections, famous film, milan kundera, feature film, film sand glass, tadeusz konwicki, danilo kis, geza csath
 
 
 
 
 
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