PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Lopour, Jaroslav TI - "So Far, We Are Poor Bastards, and It's Hard to Be Ok with It!" DP - 2019 Dec 1 TA - Iluminace PG - 90--92 VI - 31 IP - 4 AID - 10.58193/ilu.1647 IS - 0862397X AB - Jaroslav Lopour's editorial text presents and contextualizes a collection of preserved memoirs by direct participants, which map and illuminate the earliest period of Czech film production from 1898 to 1914 from various perspectives, beginning with the pioneering activities of Jan Kříženecký and ending with the production of the first professional companies such as Kinofa and ASUM.