CONTENTS


Lecture 1 - Introduction to the history of Czech cinema


·        Liehm, Mira and Liehm, Antonin J. 1977. The Most Important Art. Soviet and Eastern
European Film After 1945:

- “From New Realism to Fairy Tales: Czechoslovakia 1945-1955”

- “The Second Generation: Czechoslovakia, 1956-1962”

·         - Blažejovský, Jaromír. “Czech cinema in the normalization period (1969-1989). A time of
the servants.”


Lecture 2 - Vojtěch Jasný: When the Cat Comes (a.k.a. Cassandra Cat - Až přijde kocour, 1963

·                      Hames, Peter. The Czechoslovak New Wave:  “Desire – Vojtěch Jasný”


Lecture 3 – The new wave: an introduction (fragments)

·        Liehm, Mira and Liehm, Antonin J. 1977. The Most Important Art. Soviet and Eastern
European Film After 1945:

„The Miracle and the Young Wave: Czechoslovakia after 1963”


Lecture 4 - Miloš Forman: Loves of a Blonde (A Blonde in Love – Lásky jedné plavovlásky,
1965)

·        Hames, Peter. The Czechoslovak New Wave. “Miloš Forman”


Lecture 5 - Miloš Forman: The Firemen’s Ball (Hoří, má panenko, 1967)


Lecture 6 – The Genre Movies of the Sixties – musicals, comedies, fairy tales, detective stories
(fragments)


Lecture 7 – Ladislav Rychman: The Hop Pickers  (Starci na Chmelu,
1964)


Lecture 8 - Ivan Passer: Intimate Lighting (Intimní osvětlení, 1965)

·        Hames, Peter. ”The Czechoslovak New Wave: Ivan Passer.”



Lecture 9 - Jiří Menzel: Closely Watched Trains (Ostře sledované vlaky,
1966)

·         Hames, Peter. The Czechoslovak New Wave. “Jiří
Menzel”


Lecture 10 - Juraj Herz: The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol, 1968)

·        Hames, Peter. The Czechoslovak New Wave. “Juraj
Herz”


Lecture 12 - Vojtěch Jasný: All My Good Countrymen (Všichni dobří rodáci, 1969)

 Hames, Peter. The Czechoslovak New Wave:  “Desire – Vojtěch
Jasný”

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Lecture 13 – Various Faces of Czech Comedy - Oldřich Lipský: Lemonade Joe Or The Horse Opera
(Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera, 1964)

§     Hames, Peter. “Way out west”



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