Film at Lincoln Center Presents Ester Krumbachová Unknown Master of the Czechoslovak New Wave
May 24–29
Tickets: filmlinc.org Fruit of Paradise
Though Ester Krumbachová Costume Designer was considered by Věra All My Compatriots Vojtěch Jasný, Czechoslovakia, 1969, 120m Chytilová to be the boldest Krumbachová’s attractive costume design personality of the Czechoslovak offers an ironic visual counterpoint to Vojtěch New Wave, her contributions Jasný’s subversive micro-epic about commu- nism bringing change to a Czech village. to the movement have been Saturday, May 25, 2:30pm largely overlooked. A costume Wednesday, May 29, 8:45pm and set designer, scriptwriter, Screenwriter • Costume Designer and director, the artist shared …and the Fifth Horseman Is her surreal and radical vision Fear with such trailblazing directors Zbyněk Brynych, Czechoslovakia, 1965, 35mm, 100m as Chytilová, Karel Kachyňa, This gripping parable of persecution and para- Jaromil Jireš, and her husband noia in WWII–era Czechoslovakia telegraphs Jan Němec. But shortly after the day-to-day dread of life in an occupied state through a Jewish doctor’s nightmarish making her directorial debut journey into the Prague underground. with The Murder of Mr. Devil, Sunday, May 26, 6:30pm she was blacklisted by the Wednesday, May 29, 6:30pm
Communist government. Costume Designer This series looks back on Coach to Vienna Krumbachová’s imprint on the Karel Kachyna, Czechoslovakia, 1966, 78m A Czech woman armed with an ax plots New Wave and reexamines revenge on Nazi soldiers in this atmo- some of the movement’s most spheric thriller—featuring costumes by beloved works. Presented in Krumbachová—about the extremes to which war drives ordinary people. collaboration with the Czech Sunday, May 26, 2:00pm Center New York. Wednesday, May 29, 4:30pm Screenwriter • Costume Designer Costume Designer Daisies Long Live the Republic Věra Chytilová, Czechoslovakia, 1966, Karel Kachyna, Czechoslovakia, 1965, 134m 35mm, 74m Featuring costumes by Krumbachová, this A pair of pixieish hell-raisers embark on an Cinemascope rhapsody sees the injustices of anything-goes pursuit of hedonistic pleasure war through the eyes of an imaginative boy. and patriarchy-smashing destruction in co- Sunday, May 26, 3:45pm writers Vera Chytilová and Krumbachová’s Tuesday, May 28, 8:00pm experimental call to rebellion.
Friday, May 24, 9:00pm Director • Screenwriter • Costume Designer Monday, May 27, 6:30pm The Murder of Mr. Devil Ester Krumbachová, Czechoslovakia, Costume Designer 1970, 87m Diamonds of the Night Krumbachová’s sole directorial effort puts a Jan Němec, Czechoslovakia, 1964, 66m satanic spin on the battle-of-the-sexes farce Told in a visceral rush of handheld tracking as it cuts male chauvinism down to size and shots, Jan Němec’s miniature tour de force luxuriates in female desire and liberation. harrowingly evokes two teenage boys’ fight Friday, May 24, 7:00pm for survival as they flee a train delivering Monday, May 27, 4:30pm them to a concentration camp.
Saturday, May 25, 5:00pm Screenwriter • Production Designer Tuesday, May 28, 6:30pm Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Jaromil Jires, Czechoslovakia, 1970, 77m Set Designer A 13-year-old girl tumbles through the The Ear looking glass into a phantasmagoric realm Karel Kachyňa, Czechoslovakia, 1970, 94m of vampires and pagan sexuality in this lush A long night’s journey into dread ensues horror fantasia, co-scripted by Krumbachová. when a couple discovers that the government Saturday, May 25, 6:30pm surveillance system is listening in on their Monday, May 27, 8:30pm every word. Featuring Krumbachová’s foray into set design, this plunge into paranoia plays like Faces meets The Conversation. Tickets Friday, May 24, 5:00pm $10 Members Sunday, May 26, 8:45pm $12 Students, Seniors, and Persons with Disabilities
Screenwriter • Costume Designer $15 General Public Fruit of Paradise Save with a 3+ Film Package Věra Chytilová, Czechoslovakia, 1970, 99m Věra Chytilová’s follow-up to her avant- All screenings take place in the Elinor Bunin garde landmark Daisies is a radical retelling Munroe Film Center, 144 W 65th Street. of Adam and Eve, a richly enigmatic odyssey that unfolds in a kaleidoscopic swirl of Acknowledgements senses-scrambling sound and image. Czech Center New York, Marie Dvorakova; Saturday, May 25, 8:30pm Czech National Film Archive, Kateřina Monday, May 27, 2:30pm Fojtová & Eva Urbanová This series is presented in collaboration with
Film at Lincoln Center receives generous support from
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Images: Daisies (front cover), Long Live the Republic (above)
Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Walter Reade Theater 144 West 65th Street, New York, NY 165 West 65th Street, New York, NY