Spending a month watching one Czech film a day,I decided to stick to a limit of movies made in the Cold War era.Entering phase II,I decided that it was the perfect time to get rid of the limit,and take a look at all eras of Czech cinema. Spotting the title a while ago online,I decided that it was the best time to see a Czech get made.
The plot:
Growing up in Occupied Czech, Jakub Vrána finds small time cheats to make cash under commie rule.Watching the Berlin Wall fall on TV, Vrána starts to think about reaching the new "Czech Dream" with his riches. Becoming very rich in the new capitalist system, Vrána finds himself never reaching a level,where he will feel that he has finally discovered the all American "Czech Dream."
View on the film:
Going full circle,director Tomás Rehorek & cinematographer Antonio Riestra crystallise the colours to heighten the off-centre reality that Vrána,with waves of misty yellow and blue washing over Vrána's mountain of cash.Shaking the title into a quirky atmosphere, Rehorek and Riestra swing round Vrána in speedy whip-pans which capture the "high" Vrána gets from each fistful of cash. Displaying notes of Film Noir,the screenplay by Milan Bukovecký/Ota Klempír and Jirí Hubácek take the unique side of making Jakub Vrána (played by a brilliantly odd Jan Budar) a forgetful narrator,whose narration moves so fast that Jakub always ends up forgetting about major details. Cracking open the Czech American Dream,the writers take a sharp satirical sting at communism and capitalism, which whilst keeping its examination of Vrána,does lead to very funny displays of pure excess,as Vrána becomes a made man.
The plot:
Growing up in Occupied Czech, Jakub Vrána finds small time cheats to make cash under commie rule.Watching the Berlin Wall fall on TV, Vrána starts to think about reaching the new "Czech Dream" with his riches. Becoming very rich in the new capitalist system, Vrána finds himself never reaching a level,where he will feel that he has finally discovered the all American "Czech Dream."
View on the film:
Going full circle,director Tomás Rehorek & cinematographer Antonio Riestra crystallise the colours to heighten the off-centre reality that Vrána,with waves of misty yellow and blue washing over Vrána's mountain of cash.Shaking the title into a quirky atmosphere, Rehorek and Riestra swing round Vrána in speedy whip-pans which capture the "high" Vrána gets from each fistful of cash. Displaying notes of Film Noir,the screenplay by Milan Bukovecký/Ota Klempír and Jirí Hubácek take the unique side of making Jakub Vrána (played by a brilliantly odd Jan Budar) a forgetful narrator,whose narration moves so fast that Jakub always ends up forgetting about major details. Cracking open the Czech American Dream,the writers take a sharp satirical sting at communism and capitalism, which whilst keeping its examination of Vrána,does lead to very funny displays of pure excess,as Vrána becomes a made man.