Whilst looking round for info on co-writer/(along with Ester Krumbachová) director Jan Nemec's interesting Czech New Wave (CNW) debut Diamonds In The Night,I found another of Nemec's works online
with English Subtitles!,which led to me getting ready to report on the party.
The plot:
Enjoying a picnic in the middle of a field,a small gang of bourgeois friends notice a large group appearing to appear to be on their way to a wedding/party.Spotting the bourgeois gang,a man called Rudolph steps out of the group and starts to get the bourgeois people to follow his orders.As they obey Rudolph's orders,the gang discover the party that he has planned for them.
View on the film:
Getting a badge of honour by being banned in the country for decades,the screenplay by Krumbachová & Nemec strikes the communist rule in the country at full force,as Rudolph and his gang circle round the bourgeois group in order to take each of their unique aspects and press them into conformity over following the "party" rules.Taking a seat at the party,the writers display a precise manner in the unfolding of the surrealism,with the picturesque picnic being stomped on for a party where you can never leave.
Moving away from the brittle realism of his debut, Nemec and cinematographer Jaromír Sofr set the movie on a startling table of surrealism. Manipulating the speed of film stock in an elegant CNW manner,Nemec and Sofr paint the party in dreamy stylisation,thanks to Nemec's smooth circling camera moves giving the film a wonderfully stark ghostly atmosphere,as the group of friends find themselves a part of Rudolph's party.
The plot:
Enjoying a picnic in the middle of a field,a small gang of bourgeois friends notice a large group appearing to appear to be on their way to a wedding/party.Spotting the bourgeois gang,a man called Rudolph steps out of the group and starts to get the bourgeois people to follow his orders.As they obey Rudolph's orders,the gang discover the party that he has planned for them.
View on the film:
Getting a badge of honour by being banned in the country for decades,the screenplay by Krumbachová & Nemec strikes the communist rule in the country at full force,as Rudolph and his gang circle round the bourgeois group in order to take each of their unique aspects and press them into conformity over following the "party" rules.Taking a seat at the party,the writers display a precise manner in the unfolding of the surrealism,with the picturesque picnic being stomped on for a party where you can never leave.
Moving away from the brittle realism of his debut, Nemec and cinematographer Jaromír Sofr set the movie on a startling table of surrealism. Manipulating the speed of film stock in an elegant CNW manner,Nemec and Sofr paint the party in dreamy stylisation,thanks to Nemec's smooth circling camera moves giving the film a wonderfully stark ghostly atmosphere,as the group of friends find themselves a part of Rudolph's party.