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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders = Valerie a týden divů
Title
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders = Valerie a týden divů / Janus Films ; Ústřední půjčovna filmů v Praze uváldí ; scénář napsali, Ester Krumbachová a Jaromil Jireš ; dramaturg, Jiří Musil ; režie, Jaromil Jireš ; Filmové studio Barrandov nositel Řádu práce = Valerie and her week of wonders / Janus Films ; Central Film Distribution presents ; screenplay by Ester Krumbachová, Jaromil Jireš ; directed by Jaromil Jireš.
ISBN
1681430010
9781681430010
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Copyright Notice Date
©2015
Physical Description
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out pamphlet.
Notes
Based on a story by Vítězslava Nezvala
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration ; Three early shorts by director Jaromil Jires ; New interview with Czechoslovak film scholar Peter Hames ; Interviews from 2006 with actors ; Alternate 2007 psycho-folk soundtrack to the film by the Valerie project, and a new video piece on the music's origins ; New English subtitle translation ; Plus, an essay by critic Jana Prikryl.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration ; Short films (by director Jaromil Jires): Stredja = Uncle (1959), Stopy = Footprints (1960), Sál stracených kroků = The hall of lost footsteps (1960); Resurrecting the avant-garde (interview with film historian Peter Hames); Jaroslava Schallerová (2006 interview with the actor about her role in the film, by Pavel Křemen); Jan Klusák (2006 interview with the actor about the making of the film by Pavel Křemen); The Valerie project score (alternate 2007 psych-folk soundtrack to the film by the Valerie Project); More than a soundtrack: the Valerie Project (a new video piece on the music's origins); New English subtitle translation. Insert includes an essay by critic Jana Prikryl.
Cinematography, Jan Čuřík ; editor, Josef Valušiak ; music, Luboš Fišer ; instrumentalists, Filmový symfonický orchestr ; conductor, František Belfín ; production design by Ester Krumbachová ; costumes by Eva Lackingerová ; set design by Josef Calta ; art direction by Jan Oliva.
In Czech, with optional subtitles in English.
Summary
A girl on the verge of womanhood finds herself in a sensual fantasyland of vampires, witchcraft, and other threats in this eerie and mystical movie daydream. Serves up an endlessly looping, nonlinear fairy tale, set in a quasi-medieval landscape. Ravishingly shot, enchantingly scored, and spilling over with surreal fancies.
Variant and related titles
Valerie a týden divů
Title on container: Valerie and her week of wonders
Stredja (Motion picture)
Stopy (Motion picture)
Sál stracených kroků (Motion picture)
Uncle.
Footprints.
Hall of lost footsteps.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Czech
Added to Catalog
March 15, 2019
Series
The Criterion collection ; 761
Credits
Cinematography, Jan Čuřík ; editor, Josef Valušiak ; music, Luboš Fišer ; instrumentalists, Filmový symfonický orchestr ; conductor, František Belfín ; production design by Ester Krumbachová ; costumes by Eva Lackingerová ; set design by Josef Calta ; art direction by Jan Oliva.
Cast
Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýžová, Petr Kopřiva, Jiří Prýmek, Jan Klusák, Libuše Komancová, Karel Engel, Alena Stojáková, Otto Hradecký, Martin Wielgus, Jiřina Machalická, Michaela Klocová, Zdenka Kovářová, Bedřiška Chalupská, Robert Nezval.
System details note
Blu-ray ; region A ; fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Videorecording number
CC2488BD Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Film adaptations.
Action and adventure films.
Coming-of-age films.
Drama.
Fantasy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Vampire films.
New wave films.
Coming-of-age films.
Action and adventure films.
Vampire films.
Fantasy films.
New wave films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Motion pictures - Czechoslovakia.
Motion pictures - Czechoslovakia.
Also listed under
Valerie Project (Musical group), composer (expression)
Janus Films, film distributor.
Ústřední půjčovna filmů (Prague, Czech Republic), production company.
Filmové studio Barrandov, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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