Avant-garde to New Wave

Czechoslovak Cinema, Surrealism and the Sixties

von Jonathan L. Owen

256 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The cultural liberalization of communist Czechoslovakia in the 1960s produced many artistic accomplishments, not least the celebrated films of the Czech New Wave. This movement saw filmmakers use their new freedom to engage with traditions of the avant-garde, especially Surrealism. This book explores the avant-garde's influence over the New Wave and considers the political implications of that influence. The close analysis of selected films, ranging from the Oscar-winning Closely Observed Trains to the aesthetically challenging Daisies, is contextualized by an account of the Czech avant-garde and a discussion of the films' immediate cultural and political background.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• ISBN: 9780857459015
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.2013
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books