Jaromil Jireš
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| Jaromil Jireš | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 December 1935 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | 24 October 2001 (aged 65) Prague, Czech Republic |
| Occupation | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1958 - 1999 |
Jaromil Jireš (10 December 1935 in Bratislava – 24 October 2001 in Prague) was a prominent Czechoslovak New Wave filmmaker.[1]
His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. [2] His 1982 film Incomplete Eclipse was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
Another of Jireš' prominent works is The Joke, adapted from a novel by Milan Kundera.[4]
Valerie and her Week of Wonders, set in the early nineteenth century, was based on a novel by Vítězslav Nezval and released in 1970. It is a film in a Gothic style concerning the onset of menstruation and the sexual awakening of a thirteen year old girl.[5]
[edit] Filmography
- … a pozdravuji vlaštovky (And Give My Love to the Swallows) - chamber drama depicting the story of the Czech resistance member Marie Kudeříková
[edit] References
- ^ Susan Doyle. "Jaromil Jires". http://www.facets.org/asticat?function=web&catname=facets&web=features&path=/directors/jiresjaromil.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Cry". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3071/year/1964.html. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1983 Programme". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1983/02_programm_1983/02_Programm_1983.html. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ Francisco López. "Jaromil Jires, The Joke, 1969". http://greyfrankfilm.blogspot.com/2007/02/jaromil-jires-joke-1969.html. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
- ^ Tanya Krzywinska. "Transgression, transformation and titillation". http://www.kinoeye.org/03/09/krzywinska09.php.
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