Slightly irritating hippy-ish pair of female friends engage in a series of harmless pranks. Why 'Daisies' is regarded as a masterpiece of the Czechoslovak new wave is hard to discern, especially when compared against its deservedly lauded and internationally popular near-contemporaries ('Closely Watched Trains', 'Loves of a Blonde') which kept their realistic feet planted firmly on the ground.
There's probably a commendable statement of some description in there, like: "Don't be trodding on the communist bourgeoise's silver dinner plates" ...or something. The best cinema is not about making a point though, but simply telling a story; while some of the greats do not necessarily have linear plots or much at all by way of narrative, this is just too flighty, arty-farty and "not-in-a-good-way" quirky.
On the plus side, it certainly still looks good, with what must have for its time been very inventive and experimental photography; it also appears to have ruffled the feathers of the collective powers-that-were sufficiently for it to be banned for many years.
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