Resistance in Chytilová’s Films

Vol. 88 (October 2018) by Editors
For our special issue on Věra Chytilová, we reflected on the theme of political resistance in her films.

Guest edited by Colette de Castro

Arendt and the Politics of the Everyday in Loves of a Blonde

Vol. 87 (September 2018) by Reidar Due
Reidar Due challenges our common sense beliefs about Eastern Europe through an analysis of Forman's Loves of a Blonde.

Alain Robbe-Grillet’s The Man Who Lies (L’homme qui ment, 1968)

Vol. 84 (April 2018) by Carlos Kong
Carlos Kong revisits the histories of deception depicted in this Prague Spring-themed feature.

Jan Němec’s Oratorio for Prague (Oratorium pro Prahu, 1968)

Vol. 84 (April 2018) by Daniil Lebedev
Daniil Lebedev recounts the feeling of shock attending the filming and unfolding of the Prague Spring.

Wiktor Grodecki’s Not Angels But Angels (1994)

Vol. 79 (November 2017) by Alice Heneghan
Alice Heneghan revisits Wiktor Grodecki's 1994 feature about male prostitutes in Prague.

Gustav Machatý’s Erotikon (1929) and Ecstasy (Ekstase, 1933)

Vol. 78 (October 2017) by Colette de Castro
These two films by Gustav Machatý try to capture the uncapturable - the female orgasm.

Věra Chytilová’s Fruit of Paradise (Ovoce stromu rajských jíme, 1970)

Vol. 78 (October 2017) by Zoe Aiano
Who's afraid of female sexuality, Věra Chytilová asks in her 1970 film.

Gustav Machatý’s Ecstasy (Extase, 1932)

Vol. 53 (May 2015) by Patricia Bass
Patricia Bass saw Gustav Machatý’s 1932 feature about a woman's budding sexuality.

Martin Ťapák’s Pacho, Brigand of Hybe (Pacho, hybský zbojník, 1975)

Vol. 51 (March 2015) by Nicholas Hudáč
Nicholas Hudáč analyzes Martin Ťapák’s 1975 comedy against the background of Czechoslovak tensions in the cultural sphere.

Štefan Uher’s The Sun in a Net (Slnko v sieti, 1963)

Vol. 46 (October 2014) by Nicholas Hudáč
Nicholas Hudáč examines how Štefan Uher adopts Czechoslovak identity in his pre-New Wave pic The Sun in a Net.
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