Věra Chytilová

The leading lady of 1960s Czech New Wave

Reviews:

• Daisies: More Dada than women's lib: the antics of two mischievous non-conformist girls are matched by the director’s own cheeky stylistic experimentation
• Fruit of Paradise: Strings of matters of life and death, shot through with genuine threat
• Traps: A daring dark satire of violence, violation and veterinary practice, staged in an inexorable succession of attacks and counter-attacks

Comic Strip Review:

• Panel Story: A blunt examination of the nature of contemporary morality and materialist preoccupations, set against the background of a high-rise estate

Features:

• Squaring the Circle: Czech Film and the Prague Spring