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Restriction on viewing / access:: Spring 2023 Non-Circulating. For use on-site only.
Loan Terms:: On Reserve
Status:: In

Title:: Daisies
Alternate Title:: Sedmikrásky
Director:: Chytilová, Vêra
Production Co:: Filmové Studio Barrandov; Ceskoslovensky Film
Description:: BluRay - Multi-Zone. viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1.
Feature. 76 minutes. color and b/w. sound - PCM.
Country:: Czech Republic
Year:: 1966
Publisher:: Second Run Ltd, 2018
Language:: Czech language with English subtitles
Genre:: Experimental / Avant Garde, Female Directors, Comedy
Notes:: A new HD re-master and transfer from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive. Two young women, both named Marie, revolt against a degenerate and oppressive society, attacking symbols of wealth and bourgeois culture. A riotous, punk-poem of a film that is both hilarious and mind-warpingly innovative. Defiant feminist statement? Nihilistic, avant-garde comedy? Daises remains a fascinating cinematic roller-coaster. Remarkable and refreshingly uncompromising, it continues to provoke, stimulate and entertain. Supplemental features include: an audio commentary by the Daughters of Darkness, Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger; audio commentary by film historians Peter Hames and Daniel Bird; JOURNEY (Cesta 2004) Jasmina Blaževič’s acclaimed documentary film portrait of Vêra Chytilová; the trailer (2009); and a 20-page booklet featuring Peter Hames’ essay on the film, available at checkout.
Link to:: FII catalog | AFI catalog