Table of Contents

Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition INTRODUCTION The New Wave and the Reform Movement Film Movements and the Czechoslovak New Wave CULTURE AND SOCIETY The Czechoslovak Cinematic Tradition The Political and Cultural Background Industry and Education THE FIRST WAVE The Postwar Years Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos Ladislav Helge Vojtech Jasny Stefan Uher Frantisek Vlacil Karel Kachyna THE REALIST INFLUENCE Jaromil Jires Evald Schorm Hynek Bocan THE FORMAN SCHOOL Milos Forman Jaroslav Papousek Ivan Passer LITERATURE, FANTASY AND EXPERIMENT Pavel Juracek Jiri Menzel Jan Nemec Vera Chytilova Valerie and Her Week of Wonders - Jaromil Jires The Case of Jan Svankmajer The Slovak Wave: Juraj Jakubisko, Elo Havetta and Dusan Hanak Juraj Herz Brynych, Masa, Vihanova, Sirovy and Vachek THE CINEMA SINCE 1968 The Restoration of Order The Velvet Revolution and After CONCLUSION Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Peter Hames is Honorary Research Associate in Film and Media Studies at Staffordshire University. He has published widely in the area of East Central European cinema including, as editor, Dark Alchemy: The Films of Jan Svankmajer (1995) and The Cinema of Central Europe (2004)

Reviews

'Contains just about everything you ever wanted to know about Czech movies.' Screen International 'Vividly evokes the most exciting and boisterous decade in the history of Czechoslovak filmmaking ... the most meticulous study of any national cinema to have appeared in recent years.' Vaclav Taborsky, Canadian Slavonic Papers 'In analysing this complex artistic-social phenomenon, Mr Hames illuminates an important episode in modern film history ... his descriptions of the marvellously ageless films are accurate and exhaustive.' Josef Skvorecky, in Sight and Sound 'A richly detailed picture of the Czech Wave ... demonstrates the genuine originality in many of the films.' David Paul, Cineaste 'The classic study of Czech cinema.' Prof. Dina Iordanova, University of St Andrews 'This new edition of Hames' book succeeds at the daunting task of updating the discussion of the Czech "new wave", of filmmaking and bringing to a broad readership a narrow field of inquiry... Though broadly cultural in approach, this volume follows the "new wave" of films as a history of the achievements of specific directors, so a student may follow the course of either the movement as a whole or its creators considered singly. This new edition takes into account not only new literature and criticism but also many films previously inaccessible due to government censorship. Recommended.' T. Cripps, Choice Jan 2006