Avant-garde to New Wave : : Czechoslovak Cinema, Surrealism and the Sixties / / Jonathan L. Owen.
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 explore...
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Owen, Jonathan L., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Avant-garde to New Wave : Czechoslovak Cinema, Surrealism and the Sixties / Jonathan L. Owen. New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2011] ©2011 1 online resource (256 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Surrealism In and Out of the Czechoslovak New Wave -- 1. Inspirations, Opportunities: Cultural and Historical Contexts -- 2. Pavel Juráček’s Josef Kilián (1963) and A Case for the Young Hangman (1969): From the Surreal Object to the Absurd Signifier -- 3. Jiří Menzel’s Closely Observed Trains (1966): Hrabal and the Heterogeneous -- 4. Spoiled Aesthetics: Realism and Anti-Humanism in Věra Chytilová’s Daisies (1966) -- 5. Flights From History: Otherness, Politics and Folk Avant-Gardism in Juraj Jakubisko’s The Deserter and the Nomads (1968) and Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) -- 6. Back to Utopia: Returns of the Repressed in Jaromil Jireš’s Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) -- 7. Jan Švankmajer: Contemporary Czech Surrealism and the Renewal of Language -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 background. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024) Motion pictures Czech Republic History 20th century. Surrealism in motion pictures. PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism. bisacsh Film and Television Studies. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110998283 ZDB-23-BHBO print 9780857459015 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857451279 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857451279 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780857451279/original |
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Owen, Jonathan L., Owen, Jonathan L., Avant-garde to New Wave : Czechoslovak Cinema, Surrealism and the Sixties / Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Surrealism In and Out of the Czechoslovak New Wave -- 1. Inspirations, Opportunities: Cultural and Historical Contexts -- 2. Pavel Juráček’s Josef Kilián (1963) and A Case for the Young Hangman (1969): From the Surreal Object to the Absurd Signifier -- 3. Jiří Menzel’s Closely Observed Trains (1966): Hrabal and the Heterogeneous -- 4. Spoiled Aesthetics: Realism and Anti-Humanism in Věra Chytilová’s Daisies (1966) -- 5. Flights From History: Otherness, Politics and Folk Avant-Gardism in Juraj Jakubisko’s The Deserter and the Nomads (1968) and Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) -- 6. Back to Utopia: Returns of the Repressed in Jaromil Jireš’s Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) -- 7. Jan Švankmajer: Contemporary Czech Surrealism and the Renewal of Language -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Surrealism In and Out of the Czechoslovak New Wave -- 1. Inspirations, Opportunities: Cultural and Historical Contexts -- 2. Pavel Juráček’s Josef Kilián (1963) and A Case for the Young Hangman (1969): From the Surreal Object to the Absurd Signifier -- 3. Jiří Menzel’s Closely Observed Trains (1966): Hrabal and the Heterogeneous -- 4. Spoiled Aesthetics: Realism and Anti-Humanism in Věra Chytilová’s Daisies (1966) -- 5. Flights From History: Otherness, Politics and Folk Avant-Gardism in Juraj Jakubisko’s The Deserter and the Nomads (1968) and Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) -- 6. Back to Utopia: Returns of the Repressed in Jaromil Jireš’s Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) -- 7. Jan Švankmajer: Contemporary Czech Surrealism and the Renewal of Language -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Surrealism In and Out of the Czechoslovak New Wave -- 1. Inspirations, Opportunities: Cultural and Historical Contexts -- 2. Pavel Juráček’s Josef Kilián (1963) and A Case for the Young Hangman (1969): From the Surreal Object to the Absurd Signifier -- 3. Jiří Menzel’s Closely Observed Trains (1966): Hrabal and the Heterogeneous -- 4. Spoiled Aesthetics: Realism and Anti-Humanism in Věra Chytilová’s Daisies (1966) -- 5. Flights From History: Otherness, Politics and Folk Avant-Gardism in Juraj Jakubisko’s The Deserter and the Nomads (1968) and Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) -- 6. Back to Utopia: Returns of the Repressed in Jaromil Jireš’s Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) -- 7. Jan Švankmajer: Contemporary Czech Surrealism and the Renewal of Language -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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