A student work by Jiří Menzel, filmed during his second year at the FAMU film school. Views of old Prague and its tenement buildings, symbolizing the obsolete past, alternate with shots of construction sites for new prefabricated apartment buildings. In spite of certain unavoidable propagandistic overtones added by the director, it is notable as the beginning of his search for a “dramaturgy of colors.” 　　An early rare documentary by Jiří Menzel

One of the unsung masterpieces of Věra Chytilová’s still largely obscure post-sixties career, this stingingly satiric yet deeply human tragicomedy surveys the everyday absurdity of existence in a ramshackle, perpetually under-construction prefab housing complex: a monument to Soviet idealism that, in its forlorn shoddiness, becomes a symbol of its failings. Blending slapsticks gags with a jagged vérité visual style, Chytilová fashions a devastatingly funny portrait of life in a (literally) crumbling society.

中国传统手工艺。

In 1957, the Royal Leerdam Glass Works commissioned Haanstra to make an informative promotional film in black and white. This resulted in the accomplished 25 minute Speaking of Glass. On entering the factory, however, Haanstra noticed that a mechanical stacking machine was malfunctioned because of one broken bottle. Amused by its robot like but futile movements, Haanstra agreed to make the film, but only on condition that he could make a separate short on glass. The film gives an intriguing view of the process of glass blowing and the mechanical way in wich glass objects are made. Glass, his greatest success to date, even won an Oscar, the grand prix of Hollywood and Holland's first Academy Award.

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An essay film that compares various acts of resistance and revolutionary struggle from the 1920s to the present day. An alternative cartography of Manhattan reminiscent of Sebald’s novels.

上海美术电影制片厂 彩色 　　摄影：钟立人 　　背景设计：王昌诚 　　作曲：陈钟驹 　　记录了1966年上海工艺美术展览会上的部分作品

An essay film that compares various acts of resistance and revolutionary struggle from the 1920s to the present day. An alternative cartography of Manhattan reminiscent of Sebald’s novels.