(Krvavý román)

Content: The distinctive artist, typographer, and writer Josef Váchal is known to the public primarily for his Blood Novel. The surrealistic exuberance of this defense of 19th-century pulp fiction caught the attention of Jaroslav Brabec and his colleagues, who found a corresponding image of 20th-century "trash." The authors' interest focuses primarily on the silent film era, with a journey through the history of cinema continuing through the advent of sound film to the present day (auteur cinema of the 1960s, modern horror), formally employing techniques such as tinted film. The versatile parody intertwines a colorful plot with the story of the author (Váchal/Paseky), who comments on and creates his book, and is further split in the plot into the characters of Fragonard and the Master. As with Váchal, reality increasingly enters the fiction, so that the only "happy ending" turns out to be the artist's finished work.

Countries:

Czech Republic

Genres:

Comedy,

Horror

Runtime:

99 minutes

Year:

1993

Directors:

Jaroslav Brabec

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Production companies:

Barrandov Studio,

Česká televize,

Filmexport Praha,

Ministerstvo kultury ČR

Actors:

Paseka / Master / Fragonard

Elzevíra

Prince Pedro di Rudibanera

Kurt

Ignác

Crews:

Director

Editor

Co-Producer

Co-Producer

Novel