PT Journal
AU Bernard, J
TI Havel and Hybek. Two Prisoners, Two Friends and Two Films
SO Iluminace
PY 2019
BP 5
EP 21
VL 31
IS 3
DI 10.58193/ilu.1630
WP https://iluminace.cz/en/artkey/ilu-201903-0001.php
DE Hybek Michal; Havel Vaclav; amateur film; dissent; film samizdat; adaptation
SN 0862397X
AB Michal Hybek (1957-2003), participated as a university student in documenting the life of alternative culture. In 1982 he was sentenced and imprisoned for his cooperation with the samizdat magazine Vokno. In prison he met Vaclav Havel, with whom he later made short film Letters to Olga (1986). This movie was used to introduce Havel to the world when he became the laureate of the Erasmus Prize. In 1988 Hybek shot an adaptation of Vaclav Havel's one-act play Unveiling - but he didn't finish its editing. He also participated in the activities of the samizdat film group Cenek and helped to establish another samizdat videogroup Original Videojournal. After the Velvet Revolution, he worked mostly as a cameraman for the Czech Television. This study deals with the history and analysis of Hybek's two samizdat films based on the works of Vaclav Havel. It explores the material found in Hybek's private film archive and the memories of his colleagues and friends.
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