RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Blažíček, Martin
T1 Magical Films for People. On the Czechoslovak Film Underground of the 1980s
JF Iluminace
YR 2017
VO 29
IS 4
SP 5
OP 29
DO 10.58193/ilu.1538
UL https://iluminace.cz/en/artkey/ilu-201704-0001.php
AB The study focuses on the cultural circle of the Czechoslovak underground through a specific case study of a group of filmmakers around an author working under the name Čaroděj OZ. The first part explores the wider context of the underground environment in an attempt to clarify and define the background of the generation that worked during the era of so-called normalization at the turn of the 1980s. It also defines the position of underground films in relation to amateur films and describes the specific artistic motivations of the group. Taking individual films as examples, the study comments on the selected period of film production, describing its genre characteristics and influences. Special chapters are dedicated to period film festivals, modes of presentation and the formation of image and self-reflection of the production of the group in samizdat journals.