Recently seeing the dazzlingly stylish French New Wave film The Girl with the Golden Eyes,I felt that it was the perfect time to see a Czech New Wave creation. Only having seen the very good The Loves of a Blonde from Milos Forman's Czech era,I got set to see his first audition to feature films.
The outline of the doc:
Preparing to compete in a orchestra completion nationally,an orchestra find the youngest member to be less than thrilled about performing in the group. Meanwhile, a number of teenagers get ready to perform Rock songs for a talent audition.
View on the doc:
Casting the opening credits against the worn-down backdrop of an industrial city,co-writer/(with Ivan Passer) director Milos Forman & cinematographer Miroslav Ondrícek compose a score to the incoming Czech New Wave (CNW),with flickering whip-pans across the crowds dancing to the rebellious youthful energy of the CNW. Linking two separate docs together, the "screenplay" by Forman and Passer does very well at expressing the generational exchange of music,as the dedication the experienced musicians show towards perfecting their performance of classical pieces,is matched by the giddy high-kicking Rock and Roll performers that include Forman's future second wife Vera Kresadlová,whose singing gives the CNW its first anthem.
The outline of the doc:
Preparing to compete in a orchestra completion nationally,an orchestra find the youngest member to be less than thrilled about performing in the group. Meanwhile, a number of teenagers get ready to perform Rock songs for a talent audition.
View on the doc:
Casting the opening credits against the worn-down backdrop of an industrial city,co-writer/(with Ivan Passer) director Milos Forman & cinematographer Miroslav Ondrícek compose a score to the incoming Czech New Wave (CNW),with flickering whip-pans across the crowds dancing to the rebellious youthful energy of the CNW. Linking two separate docs together, the "screenplay" by Forman and Passer does very well at expressing the generational exchange of music,as the dedication the experienced musicians show towards perfecting their performance of classical pieces,is matched by the giddy high-kicking Rock and Roll performers that include Forman's future second wife Vera Kresadlová,whose singing gives the CNW its first anthem.