Valerie a týden divů /
A girl on the verge of womanhood finds herself in a sensual fantasyland of vampires, witchcraft, and other threats in this eerie and mystical movie daydream. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders serves up an endlessly looping, nonlinear fairy tale, set in a quasi-medieval landscape. Ravishingly shot, enc...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Jireš, Jaromil, 1935-2001, screenwriter, film director. Krumbachová, Ester, 1923-1996, screenwriter, production designer. Musil, Jiří, screenwriter. Schallerová, Jaroslava, 1956- actor. Anýžová, Helena, actor. Kopřiva, Petr (Actor) actor. Prýmek, Jiří, 1933-1983, actor. Klusák, Jan, 1934- costume designer. Lackingerová, Eva, set designer. Calta, Josef, composer. Oliva, Jan (Art director) conductor. Fišer, Luboš, film editor. Belfín, František, 1923-1997, director of photography. Valušiak, Josef, 1934- Valerie a týden divů. English. Čuřík, Jan, 1924-1996, interviewee (expression) Nezval, Vítězslav, 1900-1958. interviewer (expression) Hames, Peter, writer of supplementary textual content. Kremen, Pavel, Prikryl, Jana, |
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| Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | Valerie Project (Musical group), composer. Janus Films, production company. Ústřední půjčovna filmů (Prague, Czech Republic), production company. Filmové studio Barrandov, production company. Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor. |
| Format: | DVD |
| Language: | Czech |
| Language notes: | In Czech, with optional subtitles in English. |
| Edition: | DVD special edition. |
| Imprint: | [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015] |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
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| Online Access: | http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/000/000/000/011/311/000000000011311392.jpg |
| Other title: | Uncle. Footprints. Hall of lost footsteps. |
| Summary: | A girl on the verge of womanhood finds herself in a sensual fantasyland of vampires, witchcraft, and other threats in this eerie and mystical movie daydream. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders serves up an endlessly looping, nonlinear fairy tale, set in a quasi-medieval landscape. Ravishingly shot, enchantingly scored, and spilling over with surreal fancies. A girl on the verge of womanhood finds herself in a sensual fantasyland of vampires, witchcraft, and other threats in this eerie and mystical movie daydream. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders serves up an endlessly looping, nonlinear fairy tale, set in a quasi-medieval landscape. Ravishingly shot, enchantingly scored, and spilling over with surreal fancies. |
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| Item Description: | Based on a story by Vítězslava Nezvala. DVD release of the 1970 motion picture. Special features: New 4K digital restoration ; Short films (by director Jaromil Jires): Uncle (1959), Footprints (1960), The hall of lost footsteps (1960); Resurrecting the avant-garde (interview with film historian Peter Hames); Jaroslava Schallerová (2006 interview with the actor about her role in the film, by Pavel Křemen); Jan Klusák (2006 interview with the actor about the making of the film by Pavel Křemen); The Valerie project score (alternate 2007 psycho-folk soundtrack to the film by the Valerie Project); More than a soundtrack: the Valerie Project (a new video piece on the music's origins); New English subtitle translation. Insert includes an essay by critic Jana Prikryl. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (76 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert. |
| System Details: | DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Credits: | Production design by Ester Krumbachová ; costumes by Eva Lackingerová ; set design by Josef Calta ; art direction by Jan Oliva ; music by Luboš Fišer ; Filmový symfonický orchestr ; conductor, František Belfín ; editor, Josef Valušiak ; cinematography, Jan Čuřík. |
| Cast: | Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýžová, Petr Kopřiva, Jiří Prýmek, Jan Klusák, Libuše Komancová, Karel Engel, Alena Stojáková, Otto Hradecký, Martin Wielgus, Jiřina Machalická, Michaela Klocová, Zdenka Kovářová, Bedřiška Chalupská, Robert Nezval. |
| ISBN: | 1681430029 9781681430027 |