Got to be Obecna Skola (sorry, no accents on my keyboard :? ) aka The Elementary School. It is SO nostalgic for an era I didn't know but wish I did! It is a great movie, up there with Cinema Paradiso, I really think that the European film industry is consistently turning out far better material than America, and has been for many years now. It is sadly blighted by the problem of language, and as such fails to hit large audiences. At least with the growth of the internet many of these films are now becoming available to their fans.
There is another Czech movie that I would recommend: "Autumn Spring" (Babi leto). It's a delightful story of an old couple on the brink of divorce.
Thanks, I'll keep a look out for that one! If I could qualify one comment I made, When I say 'The Elementary School' is blighted by language, I did of course mean FOREIGN language rather than BAD language, appart from a small amount of schoolboy style 'cussin', it is a film I would happily let my kids watch! At least it is subtitled rather than dubbed, I have a real hatred of dub!!!!
LOL at the very idea! ..... Still, if the Italians had to keep their arms still you wouldn't know what they where talking about! <grin>
I am looking forward to see this movie, I have it at home, and I can't watch it yet, my cd rom is broken, also my computer :cry: At least I listened its music, and it was GREAT.
Dobří holubi se vracejí. It was in fact filmed in 1988, and Eva Vejmělková is just 35 now. Still "pretty hot"
Best Czech movie? Hands down Kolya....still Best TV series: Bylo nas pet, but now, Josef a Le is taking over :}}}
Postřižiny (Cutting It Short) from 1980! Not the best movie ever, but a great Czech classic. Just saw Nuda v Brně (Bored / Boredom in Brno) and really liked it. Some other Czech movies that I think stand out: Jízda (The Ride), Kolja, Tmavomodrý svět (Dark Blue World), Želary. I'd say that may be true if we compare the ratio between good and bad movies produced in the U.S. versus Europe. Otherwise there's actually a good number of American movies that I consider amazing and top quality, like American Beauty, Traffic, The Usual Suspects, Before Sunset and many more.
I cannot say that I've seen too many Czech movies, but my absolute favourite is Rok ďábla by Petr Zelenka. Unbelievable! I also liked Český sen a lot, not so much for the movie itself, but for the original idea behind it. Dana, you have a very good taste in US movies
I wish they would show some good Czech films on British television, like some of the ones you have mentioned so far. Instead they are giving a false impression of Czech films. On the rare occasion that I see a Czech film advertised in the TV programmes, I think great, I must watch that, and then end up being totally disappointed after watching it.
I would love to watch some Czech movies. Are they available on DVD with english subtitles. The poms and yanks put Czech subtitles on some, so do you do it for us? Mal
Definitely yes. Most Czech DVDs have English subtitles, if they do not, it is usually some old fairy tale.