The Party And The Guests

Beschrijving
Distinguished by being banned 'forever' in its native Czechoslovakia Nemec's film The Party and the Guests is perhaps the most politically dangerous film made during the flowering of Czech cinema during the 1960's. Not only a biting allegory on totalitarianism and an unflinching satire on conformity, its astute observations of human nature make it a universally relevant film.
Voted as one of the best films of the 1960's by the New York Times film critics, this will be the first time ever released on DVD.
United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: Czech ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Short Film, SYNOPSIS: Distinguished by being 'banned forever' in its native Czech Republic, Jan Nemec's 'A Report on the Party' is a great film from the flowering of the Czech cinema in the 1960s. It is a political thriller that satirizes unquestionable conformity. A group of happy picnickers are accosted by a group of strangers led by a bullying sadist who has an unbreakable hold over his followers. After he interrogates one of them, a stranger then invites everyone to a nonsensical, but elegant and formal banquet outdoors. Nemec documents the process of self-deception and rationalization which lead to an acceptance of constrant; free will and freedom are seen as difficult to maintain and easily discarded. The affair is bizarre, and ends when one of the guests (played by film director Evald Schorm) chooses not to remain and escapes. His compatriots agree that he must be recaptured, and the group arms and hunts him down. The film concludes with the nightmarish barking of search dogs. ...The Party and the Guests ( O slavnosti a hostech ) ( A Report on the Party and the Guests )

Ondertiteling: Engels