Czech Cinema:

General Introduction

• Czech Feature Film Since 1989, a lecture given by Jan Čulík in Glasgow on 25th April, 2008.

  A related powerpoint presentation

• Jan Čulík, Czech Cinema, A brief general intro.

• Jan Čulík, The Prague Spring as reflected in Czech postcommunist cinema, with a related powerpoint presentation

Individual Films:

• Jízda (The Ride), director Jan Svěrák, 1994

• Silný kafe (Bitter Coffee), director Borkur Gunnarsson (2004)

• Horem pádem (Helter Skelter), director Jan Hřebejk (2004)

• Poslední motýl (The Last Butterfly), director Karel Kachyňa (1990)

• Kouř (Smoke), director Tomas Vorel (1990)

• Nuda v Brně (Bored in Brno), director Vladimír Morávek (2003)

• Štěstí (Something Like Happiness), director Bohdan Sláma (2005)

• Babí léto (Indian Summer), director Vladimír Michálek (2001)

• Návrat idiota (Return of the Idiot), director Saša Gedeon (1999)

• Knoflíkáři (Buttoners), director Petr Zelenka (1997)

• Šílení (The Lunatics), director Jan Švankmajer (2005)

• Vratné lahve (Empties), director Jan Svěrák (2007)
• O rodičích a dětech (Of children and parents), director Vladimír Michálek (2008)
• Tajnosti (Secrets), director Alice Nellis (2007)

• Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic since the fall of communism (bullet points)