1969 Poll 2.0

[sally]

watched the most sea-based film of 69. cheerfully danish

we are all demons - henning carlsen

[sally]

btw., HONOR AND GLORY is gorgeous as well (without Barnumesque exaggeration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)!
it is truly charming to see the local impoverished nobleman, completely sunk in defeatism and indifference who at the end of the Thirty Years War (when the anti-Habsburg cause is definitely lost) collects all the residue of his stamina and rises against oppressors — the absurdity of such an untimely undertaking (starting to fight when the game is lost) is remarkable and i wholeheartedly recommend watching this charming period piece!
btw. the film was banned after the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion.

ignore what jiri says, he's an insane native with an over-cranked irony meter, unless you also find hard-to-be-a-god-level grime, and colossal post-invasion outrage charming. this is the angriest czech (and/or post-68) film i think i've seen for 69. hrušínský's last look to camera is total condemnation.


honor & glory - hynek bočan (1969)

[niminy-piminy]

THOSE FEW DAYS... (Yves Ciampi, 1969)
also called "A Matter of Days" → https://letterboxd.com/film/a-matter-of-days/watch/

"May 68" falls in love with "Prague Spring"
an obscure Czech-French co-production....

https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/en/film/3 ... e-few-days

summary
Born of a collaboration between Czech and French filmmakers, this feature film was severally affected by the dramatic changes in the political situation that occurred before and after the Warsaw Pact invasion of August 1968. The crushing of the Prague Spring political liberation meant Yves Ciampi’s film was barred from distribution to cinemas in Czechoslovakia. The protagonist of Těch několik dnů… (1968) is Frenchwoman Francoise, who experiences a love affair while studying sociology in Prague. Francoise had married shortly before she left for her studies, but she tries to break the bonds with her French partner. The love triangle, however, is affected by the political turmoil of 1968 and emotional alienation… The leading parts in the film – which offers an interesting insight into its contemporary era – are portrayed by Thalie Frugés and Vít Olmer.

synopsis
It is the last day of 1968. Young Parisienne Françoise toasts her reflection in a mirror. Sitting alone, she returns to Prague in her memories. As a student of sociology, she received a scholarship to work on her dissertation in East European countries. She arrived in Prague at the beginning of November 1967. On the very first day, she met young handsome Professor Pavel Kučera, who lectured in French literature at the Philosophical Faculty. From the first moment, the two people felt very close to each other and finally fell in love. However, just before her departure for Prague, Françoise had married Jean-Louis in France. She left to see him on Christmas to ask for a divorce. Although their marriage was not very serious, the husband does not want to give up his wife. When the young woman returns to Prague, her relationship begins to be influenced by the political activities of the Prague Spring, with Pavel being one of the main actors of the students' protests. Françoise, too, used to be a devoted activist of similar riots some time ago in Paris, but everything ended in disillusionment for her. Pavel does not have enough time for her and they gradually cease to understand each other. Jean-Louis eventually calls her and agrees to the divorce. Although Françoise still loves Pavel, she refuses to give up her newly acquired freedom. She leaves Prague in June 1968, aware that she would never return to him.

- I'm in favor of a strike, but it has to have a purpose.


- You babbling moron, let's kick it off and see what's next.

[sally]

lawale - dore o.


oh........love this too..... will be trying to squeeze 40 into a final 20 ballot

[niminy-piminy]

https://kinometer.com/?list=516

Honor and Glory (Hynek Bočan, 1969, 87m)
The Apple (Michel Soutter, 1969, 98m)
Adelheid (František Vláčil, 1969, 99m)
Antonio das Mortes (Glauber Rocha, 1969, 100m)
A Ridiculous Gentleman (Karel Kachyňa, 1969, 81m)
The Cremator (Juraj Herz, 1969, 95m)
Paul (Diourka Medveczky, 1969, 92m)
Katzelmacher (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1969, 88m)
The Gallows–Tree (Dušan Trančík, 1969, 35m)
The Uninvited Guest (Vlastimil Venclík, 1969, 22m)

Fruit of Paradise (Věra Chytilová, 1969, 99m)
Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (Peter Fleischmann, 1969, 88m)
The Joke (Jaromil Jireš, 1969, 80m)
Enough! (Ugo Ulive, 1969, 21m)
Akhtamar (Ernest Martirosyan, Sebouh Sargsyan, 1969, 18m)
All My Compatriots (Vojtěch Jasný, 1969, 114m)
Positano (Pierre Clémenti, 1969, 24m)
Metamorpheus (Jiří Brdečka, 1969, 14m)
Quickly (Daniel Pommereulle, 1969, 33m)
Hieroglyphs (Petr Skala, 1969, 4m)

[ofrene]

one hell of year

Army of Shadows
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
The Cremator
The Sorrow and the Pity
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

Boy
Kes
Pirosmani
Salesman
Z

A Gentle Woman
Law and Order
The Cow
The Night of Counting the Years
The Unfaithful Wife

Double Suicide
Invasion
L’Amour Fou
Midnight Cowboy
The Witness

[sally]

final ballot:

the color of pomegranates - sergei parajanov
the night of counting the years - shadi abdel salam
sorrows - gregory j. markopoulos
lawale - dore o.
pirosmani - giorgi shengelaia
the dependent - leonardo favio
play dirty - andré de toth
the hungry wolves - yılmaz güney
early works - želimir žilnik
the cow - dariush mehrjui
a walk with love and death - john huston
blood of the condor - jorge sanjinés
we are, our mountains - henrik malyan
the end of a priest - evald schorm
322 - dušan hanák
acts of the apostles - roberto rossellini
the icon stand - todor dinov, christo christov
the lady from constantinople - judit elek
winter - marcel hanoun
honor & glory - hynek bočan

[karl]

larks on a string
phantom india
nest of gentry
to love...

the icon stand
the toth family
the structure of crystal
goodbye, gyulsary!

the red tent
sparkling winds aka the confrontation
pirosmani
funeral ceremony (sirový)

une femme douce
goyokin
subject for a short story
annychka

dzhamilya
the lady from constantinople
we are our mountains
the upthrown stone

[Lencho of the Apes]

Somebody put Covid in my drink about a week ago, so FlatOnMyAss time kinda ruined that last-minute rush to see everything. (No Mondo Trasho. Sob.)

L'Amour Fou
Antonio Das Mortes
Boy - Oshima
Ma Nuit Chez Maud
Medea - Pasolini

El Chacal De Nahueltoro
The Color Of Pomegranates
Eggshells
My Wealthy mistress - Leonīds Leimanis
The Wild Bunch

The Cremator
Destroy, She Said
Killed The Family And Went To The Movies - Bressane
The Rain People
Model Shop

Burn
Everything For Sale - Wajda
Goyokin
They Shoot Horses Don't They
Venus In Furs

[rischka]

oh no feel better lencho!

[Lencho of the Apes]

Thanks.

I think it's day 7? I'm on the upswing -- 4th day was the worst, progressively better since then. doing airy-fairy meditative stuff to handle the fevers that wouldn't let me sleep.

[niminy-piminy]

progressively better since then

oh, get well soon!

[Lencho of the Apes]

oh

No worries, Despel! There's even a plus side, though I don't know what the connection could be -- it's like something flicked a 'record' switch in my bran and I'm remembering dreams again, as vividly as ever before. For sure I'm hoping that continues after the disease fades. I'll try to document last night in the appropriate place.

[flip]

hope you feel better soon lencho!

[Lencho of the Apes]

soon

Thanks, Flip; I think I'm quite over it now -- sat up till 3 aM last night watching movies. Even smoked a J. Looking at my lb diary i ralized yesterday was in fact D.14 and not 9 or so that i was imagining, so I guess it's all in the past.

[Lencho of the Apes]

The Wild Pussycat

Wild indeed. I liked how the cat was on the periphery of so many of the sex scenes -- in one scene toward the end, somebody plugged in a vibrator and the zzzt noise made it jump.