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Avant-garde to new wave : Czechoslovak cinema, surrealism and the sixties / Jonathan L.Owen New York: Berghahn Books, 2011.
Call No: 64NOU(437) OWEAuthor: Owen, Jonathan L. Place: New YorkPublisher: Berghahn BooksPubDate: 2011PhysDes: viii, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSeries: Berghahn on filmSubject: CZECHOSLOVAKIA ; NOUVELLE VAGUE ; SURREALISM AND THE CINEMA ; OSTRE SLEDOVANE VLAKY (CS, Jiri Menzel, 1966) ; CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS (CS, Jiri Menzel, 1966) ; SEDMIKRASKY (CS, Vera Chytilova, 1966) Summary: The cultural liberalization of communist Czechoslovakia in the 1960s produced many artistic accomplishments, not least the celebrated films of the Czech New Wave. This movement saw filmmakers use their new freedom to engage with traditions of the avant-garde, especially Surrealism. This book explores the avant-garde's influence over the New Wave and considers the political implications of that influence. The close analysis of selected films, ranging from the Oscar-winning Closely Observed Trains to the aesthetically challenging Daisies, is contextualized by an account of the Czech avant-garde and a discussion of the films' immediate cultural and political backgroundNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9780857451262Contents: Introduction: Surrealism in and out of the Czechoslovak New Wave -- Chapter one: Inspirations, Opportunities: Cultural and Historical Contexts -- Chapter two: Pavel Juraceks Josef Kilian (1963) and A Case for the Young Hangman (1969): From the Surreal Object to the Absurd Signifier -- Chapter three: Jiri Menzels Closely Observed Trains (1966): Hrabal and the Heterogeneous -- Chapter four: Spoiled Aesthetics: Realism and Anti-Humanism in Vera Chytilova's Daisies (1966) -- Chapter five: Flights From History: Otherness, Politics and Folk Avant-Gardism in Juraj Jakubiskos The Deserter and the Nomads (1968) and Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) -- Chapter six: Back to Utopia: Returns of the Repressed in Jaromil Jires's Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) -- Chapter seven: Jan Svankmajer: Contemporary Czech Surrealism and the Renewal of Language -- Conclusion
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Film 67/68 : An anthology by the National Society of Film Critics / edited by Richard Schickel and John Simon Indianapolis [etc.]: Bobbs-Merrill Co. [etc.], c1968.
Call No: 67(04) FILAuthor: Schickel, Richard (ed) ; Simon, John (ed) CorpAuthor: National Society of Film Critics (U.S.)Place: Indianapolis [etc.]Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Co. [etc.]PubDate: c1968PhysDes: 320 p. ; 22 cmSubject: ACCIDENT (UK, Joseph Losey, 1967) ; BATTAGLIA DI ALGERI (IT/AE, Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) ; BEDAZZLED (US, Stanely Donen, 1967) ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; CASINO ROYALE (UK, John Huston & Ken Hughes & Val Guest & Robert Parrish & Joseph McGrath, 1967) ; CHAPPAQUA (US, Conrad Rooks, 1966) ; OSTRE SLEDOVANE VLAKY (CS, Jiri Menzel, 1966) ; COMEDIANS, THE (US, Peter Glenville, 1967) ; COOL HAND LUKE (US, Stuart Rosenberg, 1967) ; COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG, A (UK/US, Charles Chaplin, 1967) ; DIRTY DOZEN, THE (US, Robert Aldrich, 1967) ; DOCTOR DOLITTLE (US, Richard Fleischer, 1967) ; DUTCHMAN (UK, Anthony Harvey, 1967) ; EL DORADO (SP/FR, Carlos Saura, 1988) ; ELVIRA MADIGAN (SE/DA, Bo Widerberg, 1967) ; DIVORCE, AMERICAN STYLE (US, Bud Yorkin, 1967) ; CAMPANADAS A MEDIANOCHE (SP/SZ, Orson Welles, 1966) ; FAMILY WAY, THE (UK, Ray Boultng, 1967) ; FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (UK, John Schlesinger, 1967) ; GRADUATE, THE (US, Mike Nichols, 1967) ; GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (US, Stanley Kramer, 1967) ; HOW I WON THE WAR (UK, Richard Lester, 1967) ; CAZA, LA (SP, Carlos Saura, 1966) ; HURRY SUNDOWN (US, Otto Preminger, 1967) ; IN COLD BLOOD (US, Richard Brooks, 1967) ; IN LIKE FLINT (US, Gordon Douglas, 1967) ; IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (US, Norman Jewison, 1967) ; JOKERS, THE (UK, Michael Winner, 1967) ; ROI DE COUER, LE (FR/IT, Philippe de Broca, 1966) ; GUERRE EST FINIE, LA (FR/SW, Alain Resnais, 1966) ; LUV (US, Clive Donner, 1967) ; MARAT/SADE (UK, Peter Brook, 1967) ; PERSONA (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1966) ; POINT BLANK (US, John Boorman, 1967) ; PRESIDENT'S ANALYST, THE (US, Theodoro J.Flicker, 1967) ; PRIVILEGE, THE (UK, Peter Watkins, 1967) ; STRANGER, THE (US/AG, Adolfo Aristarain, 1987) ; TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE (US/IT, Franco Zeffirelli, 1967) ; TO SIR, WITH LOVE (UK, James Clavell, 1967) ; TRIP, THE (US, Roger Corman, 1967) ; ULYSSES (UK/US, Joseph Strick, 1967) ; UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE (US, Robert Mulligan, 1967) ; WAR GAME, THE (UK, Peter Watkins, 1966) ; WHISPERERS, THE, (UK, Byan Forbes, 1967) ; YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1966) ; YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (UK, Lewis Gilbert, 1967) Summary: Review of films produced in 1966-1967ISSN: 0071-4860 0015-1076LON: 68019946; 894646Contents: -- Bonnie And Clyde / Joseph Morgenstern, John Simon, Stanley Kauffmann And Pauline Kael -- Point Blank / Richard Schickel And Andrew Sarris -- In Cold Blood / Arthur Knight And Andrew Sarris -- A Countess From Hong Kong / Wilfrid Sheed, Philip T. Hartung And Andrew Sarris -- Falstaff / Joseph Morgenstern, Andrew Sarris, Stanley Kauffmann, Pauline Kael And John Simon -- The Exterminating Angel / Richard Schickel -- Two For The Road / Pauline Kael -- A Guide For The Married Man, Divorce American Style And Luv / Wilfrid Sheed -- Elvira Madigan / Stanley Kauffmann -- Accident / Brendan Gill, Pauline Kael And John Simon -- The Family Way / Richard Schickel -- You're A Big Boy Now / Hollis Alpert And Richard Schickel -- The Graduate / Joseph Morgenstern And Richard Schickel -- Closely Watched Trains / Joseph Morgenstern And John Simon -- The War Game / Richard Schickel And Wilfrid Sheed -- La Guerre Est Finie / Brendan Gill And John Simon -- The Dirty Dozen / Richard Schickel -- King Of Hearts / Wilfrid Sheed -- The Battle Of Algiers / Joseph Morgenstern And Stanley Kauffmann -- How I Won The War / Stanley Kauffmann And John Simon -- In Like Flint / Arthur Knight -- Casino Royale / Wilfrid Sheed -- You Only Live Twice / Pauline Kael -- The Jokers / Philip T. Hartung -- Bedazzled / Stanley Kauffmann -- The President's Analyst / Andrew Sarris -- Ulysses / Brendan Gill, John Simon And Brad Darrach / The Taming Of The Shrew -- Hollis Alpert And Wilfrid Sheed -- Marat/Sade / Phillip T. Hartung, Brendan Gill And Brad Darrach -- The Comedians / Stanley Kauffmann -- Far From The Maddening Crowd / Hollis Alpert And Richard Schickel -- Dr. Dolittle / Joseph Morgenstern -- El Dorado / Andrew Sarris -- The War Wagon / Richard Schickel -- El Dorado, The War Wagon And The Way West / Pauline Kael -- Persona / John Simon And Pauline Kael -- The Stranger / Stanley Kauffmann And Joseph Morgenstern -- The Trip / Hollis Alpert -- The Trip And Chappaqua / Wilfrid Sheed -- Dutchman / Brendan Gill And John Simon -- In The Heat Of The Night / Andrew Sarris -- To Sir, With Love And In The Heat Of The Night / Hollis Alpert -- Hurry Sundown, In The Heat Of The Night And Cool Hand Luke / Wilfrid Sheed -- Cool Hand Luke / Andrew Sarris -- Guess Who's Coming To Dinner / Wilfrid Sheed -- Up The Down Staircase / Arthur Knight And Andrew Sarris -- Privilege / John Simon And Arthur Knight -- The Hunt / Richard Schickel -- The Whisperers / Andrew Sarris -- Goal! / Brendan Gill -- Africa Addio / Joseph Morgenstern -- A King's Story / Philip T. Hartung -- Lenny Bruce / Wilfrid Sheed -- The Koumiko Mystery And Echoes Of Silence / Brendan Gill -- The Titicut Follies / Richard Schickel -- Don't Look Back / Andrew Sarris -- Portrait Of Jason / Joseph Morgenstern -- The Underground Film / Brad Darrach -- Expo 67 / Joseph Morgenstern And Arthur Knight -- Blow-Up / Stanley KauffmannID2: 277
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