Monday 5 December 2011

Diamonds of the Night / Démanty noci (CZ-SK 1964)

Short (< 70 mins) early Czechoslovak new wave feature which follows 2 young male escapees from a concentration camp-bound train as they attempt to survive, fleeing cross-country. Flashbacks illustrate brief scenes prior to the occupation, the boys thoughts and their likely fate.

A recurring theme then of the 60's CZ-SK corpus, with the same recent historicity, simplicity and experimentalism. I'm lucky enough to have seen a few of these since starting this bog.

  • Q1. The Czechoslovak new wave was better than the French new wave. Discuss.

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