The2-partfeature-lengthdocumentary"25zešedesátýchanebČeskoslovenskánovávlna"("25fromtheSixties,orCzechoslovakNewWave")presentsacomplexviewofthephenomenonofCzechandSlovakNewWaveintheculturalandsocialcontextofthe60's.25fundamentalfilmscommentedonbytheirmakersandfilmhistoriansofferthevieweradramaticinsightintothegoldeneraofCzechoslovakcinema.
Thedocumentaryisafollow-uponthebiographicalTVseries"Zlatášedesátá"(CzechTelevision,2009),basedonthefilmmakers'personalremembrances.Asopposedtotheseries,thedocumentarypresentstheCzechandSlovakcinemaofthe60'sinthenational,internationalandalsointer-generationalcontext.ItdescribesthewaystheNewWavecrossedtheexistingartisticboundaries,howitvariegatedtheworldcinemaandwhereitleftanineffaceableimpression.Itanalysestheworkoffilmmakersinastate-fundedcinema,underthepressureofideologicaldemandsononehandandcommerceontheother.Itpresentsthedilemmaofaman-anartist-ontheedgebetweencontradictorysocialsystemsandincongruousaestheticrequirements.Theexistentialdramaofamanactingfreelyandatthesametimemercilesslycrushedbythewheelsofthesystem.
The60'sare,fromthispointofview,mostlyaneraoffortunatehistoricalconstellation,notonlyin-atthattime-Czechoslovakia,butonaworld-widescale.Aneraofexpectationsandupswing,butalsoaneraofexemplaryhumandecisionsandartisticpursuit.Thosearesomeofthethings"25zešedesátýchanebČeskoslovenskánovávlna"wantstocommemorate.
Part1commentson:
■"Slnkovsieti"("TheSuninaNet,"1962)byŠtefanUher
■"Konkurs"("Audition,"1963)byMilošForman
■"Křik"("TheCry,"1963)byJaromilJireš
■"Postavakpodpírání"("JosephKilian,"1963)byPavelJuráček&JanSchmidt
■"Každýdenodvahu"("CourageforEveryDay,"1964)byEvaldSchorm
■"Démantynoci"("DiamondsoftheNight,"1964)byJanNěmec
■"Intimníosvětlení"("IntimateLighting,"1966)byIvanPasser
■"Aťžijerepublika"("LongLivetheRepublic,"1965)byKarelKachyňa
■"Obchodnakorze"("TheShoponMainStreet,"1965)byJánKadár&ElmarKlos
■"Romanceprokřídlovku"("RomanceforBugle,"1966)byOtakarVávra
■"Sedmikrásky"("Daisies,"1966)byVěraChytilová
■"Ostřesledovanévlaky"("CloselyWatchedTrains,"1966)byJiříMenzel
Part2commentson:
■"Kristoveroky"("ThePrimeofLife,"1967)byJurajJakubisko
■"Stud"("Shame,"1967)byLadislavHelge
■"Svatbajakořemen"("AHardandFastMarriage,"1967)byJiříKrejčík
■"Draksavracia"("Dragon'sReturn,"1967)byEduardGrečner
■"MarketaLazarová"("MarketaLazarová,"1967)byFrantišekVláčil
■"Spřízněnivolbou"("ElectiveAffinities,"1968)byKarelVachek
■"Spalovačmrtvol"("TheCremator,"1968)byJurajHerz
■"Zabitáneděle"("SquanderedSunday,"1969)byDrahomíraVihanová
■"Pasťák"("TheDecoy,"1968)byHynekBočan
■"Případprozačínajícíhokata"("CaseforaRookieHangman,"1969)byPavelJuráček
■"322"("322,"1969)byDušanHanák
■"Slávnosťvbotanickejzáhrade"("CelebrationintheBotanicalGarden,"1969)byEloHavetta
■"Všichnidobřírodáci"("AllMyGoodCountrymen,"1968)byVojtěchJasný
