Bibliograph

Something different, a bagful of fleas, O něčem jiném ; Pytel blech / two films by Věra Chytilová

Type

Label

Something different, a bagful of fleas, O něčem jiném ; Pytel blech / two films by Věra Chytilová

Language

cze

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Something different

Medium

video recording =

Oclc number

992004477

Responsibility statement

O něčem jiném ; Pytel blech / two films by Věra Chytilová

Runtime

124

Series statement

DVD Collection

Sub title

a bagful of fleas

Summary

For Vera Chytilová, documentary and fiction were two equally adventurous processes. Something Different follows two women - one strand as a documentary of a gymnast in gruelling training (real life Olympic gold-medallist Eva Bosáková), whilst the second is the fiction of a discontented housewife (Věra Uzelacová). In A Bagful of Fleas, young factory girls defying imposed rules are played by non-professionals and the film shot in a free-wheeling cinéma vérité style. These two terrific early works introduce themes evident across Chytilová's career: a female viewpoint in a world dominated by men, the expectations and strictures of female gender roles, and a strong critique of her society. Combining formalism with anarchy and spiked with rebellious humour, her films broke strictures of genre and ideology to chart a new path for Czechoslovak cinema

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Bagful of fleas

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