Many—maybe too many, looking at this bunch of bone-tired warriors of Av-virtue—were the travels the Ferroni Brigade embarked on all through 2011: oftentimes for festivals all over Europe, sometimes for visits to this archive or that as part of our programming arbeit (to be read with a Japanese drawl). During those months in the dark, we saw a lot—some of which chimed and rhymed with new works we encountered in this multiplex back home or that gallery abroad, on this collector's Steenbeck or in that producer's private projection room (they still exist).
On one of those trips, we were joined by our main Mubi-man, His Kasness a.k.a. the Kasest with whom we plunged one evening into a brainstorming on what The Festival would look and feel like (truth be told: it was more like a communal delirium—but what do you expect from folks sitting...
On one of those trips, we were joined by our main Mubi-man, His Kasness a.k.a. the Kasest with whom we plunged one evening into a brainstorming on what The Festival would look and feel like (truth be told: it was more like a communal delirium—but what do you expect from folks sitting...
- 1/5/2012
- MUBI
The former Czech Republic head of state is adding 'film director' to his already unusual CV
Seated on the traditional foldaway chair with his name on the back, a debutant director is at work on his first feature film. But he differs in two significant ways from most new directors. First, he is 73; second, he is a former head of state, first of Czechoslovakia, then of the Czech Republic. This is Václav Havel, playwright, polemicist and chief engineer of the velvet revolution that drove the communist rulers from Prague. Havel's CV has long been remarkably different from anyone else's, and now he is at work on a film version of his stage play Leaving, which depicts the dismal fate of the ruler of an unnamed country who has been driven from power. It's a further mark of his bravery that the play on which the film is based garnered some notably unenthusiastic reviews.
Seated on the traditional foldaway chair with his name on the back, a debutant director is at work on his first feature film. But he differs in two significant ways from most new directors. First, he is 73; second, he is a former head of state, first of Czechoslovakia, then of the Czech Republic. This is Václav Havel, playwright, polemicist and chief engineer of the velvet revolution that drove the communist rulers from Prague. Havel's CV has long been remarkably different from anyone else's, and now he is at work on a film version of his stage play Leaving, which depicts the dismal fate of the ruler of an unnamed country who has been driven from power. It's a further mark of his bravery that the play on which the film is based garnered some notably unenthusiastic reviews.
- 8/3/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Havel To Turn Play Into First Film
Former Czech Republic leader Vaclav Havel is to add moviemaker to his resume when work starts on the film adaptation of his play Leaving this month.
The play opened in Prague to warm reviews in 2008 and now Havel is taking it to the big screen.
His wife Dagmar will star in the film, which is expected to open next year.
The play opened in Prague to warm reviews in 2008 and now Havel is taking it to the big screen.
His wife Dagmar will star in the film, which is expected to open next year.
- 7/1/2010
- WENN
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