Movie night: Larks on a String (1969)

By: börek - November 23rd, 2012  Filed under: Events, Filmavond

Sunday December 16th 2012, Movie night: Larks on a String (orginal titel: Skřivánci na niti) from Jiří Menzel, Czechoslovakia, 1969, 94 min. In Czech with English subtitles. Door open at 20pm (films start at 21:00pm).

Although it was shot in 1968, Jiří Menzel’s sociopolitical comedy Larks On A String didn’t actually see the light of day until 1990, when it premiered and won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. Censorship had been lifted in Czechoslovakia for a short period, resulting in a fleeting burst of liberalization, especially for filmmakers – but the freedom was soon crushed by the invasion of Soviet tanks, which restored Czechoslovakia’s oppressive regime. Communism once again held a vice-like grip over the country, and Menzel’s film (which had finished shooting) was banned. […Lees verder]

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Movie night: Loners (2000)

By: börek - October 2nd, 2012  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday November 4th 2012, Movie nigh: Loners, (original title: Samotáři).  Door open at 20pm (films start at 21:00pm)

Comedy, Czechoslovakia, 2000, 103 min
Director: David Ondříček
in czech with english subtitles

A generation comedy directed by David Ondříček (and written by Petr Zelenka) developing several interconnected stories of young people living in present day Prague, for various reasons they are unable to cross beyond the confines of their own egos and effect deep relationships. The narrative consists of many bizarre comic motifs, which sometimes overshadow the serious main subject. The film was very popular among young Czechs, thanks also to its use of modern music and catchy phrases.

Film night at Joe’s Garage, nice and cozy cinema! Doors open at 20:00, film begins at 21:00, free entrance. You want to play a movie, let us know: joe [at] squat [dot] net

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Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema: Diamonds of the Night (Jan Němec, 1964) and The Miners’ Hymns (Bill Morrison, 2011)

By: börek - August 19th, 2012  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday September 16th 2012, Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema with a double feature: Diamonds of the Night (Jan Němec, 1964) and The Miners’ Hymns (Bill Morrison, 2011). Screened by guest programmer Jeffrey Babcock,  in high-definition. Door open at 20pm (films start at 21:00pm)

Diamonds of the Night (Jan Němec, 1964)DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT   1964
(Démanty noci)
Directed by Jan Němec
63 minutes
In Czech with English subtitles

This film is a intense, illuminating and harsh story of two Czech boys who escape from a train taking them from Prague to a concentration camp. As they run wildly through the hilly, forested landscape they are being hunted down by armed German villagers. The film is visceral and visual, with very few words spoken. It is an anti-war film that doesn’t deal with actual warfare, but rather focuses on human survival in almost surrealistic dimensions. The film constantly breaks with normal storytelling, intersecting hallucinations and flashbacks into the two boy’s exhaustive physical journey. […Lees verder]

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Czech Squatting Activism Infonight

By: börek - May 27th, 2012  Filed under: Infoavond, Woonstrijd

Sunday June 10th 2012, Infoavond, 20uur: Czech Squatting Activism Infonight

After the eviction of Milada in 2009, what is left of squatting in Czech Republic? Joe’s already hosted benefits for the Project DVP [http://dvp.s.cz/]. If you don’t get much of the Czech language on these Squat!net pages [http://praha.squat.net/], you’ll get a full update in english. Prague has its own infoshop called ‘Infocentrum Salé’ [http://sale.s.cz/], Brno has the Pelec infoshop [http://pelech.info/]. People from the Cibulka squat and from DVP will be around. After several evictions and resquats, Cibulka is still alive [http://squat.net/tag/cibulka/] organizing on June 9th a public event for kids [http://praha.squat.net/?p=1612].

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Benefit Voku for project DVP

By: börek - May 9th, 2011  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Ma. 09 Mei 2011: Benefit Voku for project DVP 19uur, vegan food, no reservations, donations welcome. Benefit + Info for project DVP House in moral ownership. Denying sovereignity of private property; creating an autonomous space in Czech Republic. http://dvp.s.cz/

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