Marketa Lazarová
Title:
Marketa Lazarová
Author:
Pavlíček, František, screenwriter, adapter.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
This stirring and poetic depiction of a feud between two rival medieval clans is a fierce, epic, and meticulously designed evocation of the clashes between Christianity and Pagansim, humankind and nature, and love and violence.
General Note:
Based on a novel by Vladislav Vančura.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Special features: Disc 1: New high-definition digital film restoration; Trailer; New English subtitle translation. Disc 2: In the web of time (short documentary from 1989 by cinematographer František Uldrich, in which director František Vláčil discusses his filmmaking process); Peter Hames (interview with the film historian about Marketa Lazarová); Antonín Liehm (interview with the journalist and film critic about director František Vláčil); Marketa's actors (interviews with actors Magda Vá̌sáryová, Ivan Palúch, and Vlastimil Harapes); Theodor Pištěk (interview with the costume designer); Storyboards (gallery of storyboards by František Vláčil); On the restoration (technical director Ivo Marák details restoration of the film); New English subtitle translation. Booklet features essays by film scholar Tom Gunning and translator Alex Zucker and a 1969 interview with Vláčil.
Language:
Czech
German
Reading Level:
Rating: Not rated.
Personal Subject:
Geographic Term:
Added Author:
Added Title:
In the web of time.
ISBN:
9781604657371
UPC:
715515107211
Format :
DVD
