Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The Joke

Czech 1968

A young man writes a post card to his girlfriend containing some sarcasm about communism and is sent to ten years of hard labor. Angry, bitter film made during the height of the Prague Spring and squashed immediately when that window closed.

The sentiments here were heartfelt but the film was primitive and poorly done. Abrupt, unsatisfying ending.

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