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| Miloš Forman, right, will be celebrated by short season. Photo: Courtesy of London Czech Centre |
The Czech Centre in London is showcasing a short season of films to mark the 85th birthday of Czech director Miloš Forman from April 22 to 30.
The events will also explore the principles - such as the importance of the everyday, the rejection of cinematic norms and the belief in artistic freedom - which Forman shared with the British Free Cinema movement by presenting his films alongside British directors such as Lindsay Anderson and Ken Loach.
Although Forman became famed for his Oscar-winning films One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (due for re-release in British cinemas on April 14) and Amadeus, he began his started his career in opposition to classic narrative cinema, using mainly non-professional actors and scripts that eschewed conventional dramatic development.
The full programme is as follows:
Sat 22 April, 5.30pm
Poor Cow - Dir: Ken Loach, UK 1967, DCP
Sat 22 April, 7.30pm
Blonde In Love - Milos Forman, Czechoslovakia 1965, 35 mm
Sun 23 April, 7pm
The Firemen's Ball - Milos Forman, Czechoslovakia 1967, blu-ray
and Together - Lorenza Manzeti, UK 1956, 35 mm.
Sat 29 April, 7.30pm
Audition - Milos Forman, Czechoslovakia 1963, 35 mm
and Momma Don't Allow - Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson, UK 1956, 16 mm
Sun 30 April, 7pm
Everyday Except Christmas - Lindsay Anderson, UK 1957, 16 mm
and We Are The Lambeth Boys - Karel Reisz, UK 1959, 52’, 35 mm
and Refuge England - Robert Vas, UK 1959, 16 mm
For more details and to book tickets, visit the official site.
