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Current AffairsDirector Miloš Forman turns 80
Director Miloš Forman celebrates his 80th birthday on Saturday, and
newspapers in his native country are full of tributes. In the small
category of Czech artists who have conquered the world, Forman has a seat
among the likes of Antonín Dvořák and Milan Kundera and Czechs are
dulely proud of him for his success. But his approach to filmmaking and
style of direction also permanently altered the course of cinematography in
the Czech Republic and elsewhere, a fact we discussed earlier with Karel
Och, the artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film
Festival. More
Screen CzechScreen Czech
The undisputed most famous Czech director alive today, Milos Forman speaks
about his varied career in the Czechoslovakia and in Hollywood ahead of his
80th birthday. I’ll be talking to the model, singer and now actress Iva
Fruhlingova about what it’s like to make her screen debut and the ups and
downs of working with one of the most successful Czech directors still
resident in the country, Filip Renc. More
Czech BooksJan Novák: the man who lived Miloš Forman
When Jan Novák describes himself as Miloš Forman’s autobiographer, he
is not entirely joking. He really did co-write the most famous
Czech-American film director’s memoirs, and Forman himself has spoken of
the book as “my life as lived by Jan Novák”. But Jan Novák is a great
deal more than a biographer. More
One on OneSlovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek on social unrest, fall of communism, and Miloš Forman films
The Slovenian thinker Slavoj Žižek has been described as the most
dangerous philosopher in the West. He criticizes global capitalism and
warns of the dangers it presents for today’s democracy. Slavoj Žižek
recently arrived in Prague to launch a Czech translation of his latest
book, entitled First Tragedy Then Farce. Czech Radio’s Petr Dudek spoke
to Slavoj Žižek during his Prague visit, and first asked him about his
view of the Occupy Wall Street movement in the US. More
Current AffairsFrench-Czech-British co-production to be shown at Cannes Film Festival Closing Ceremony
Currently underway, the Cannes Film Festival is considered one of the most
important film competitions worldwide. This year’s closing film, to be
shown after the awards ceremony on May 22, was co-produced by a Czech
company and features a number of the country’s actors, as well as
Oscar-winning director Miloš Forman in one of the main roles. More
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This week we find out the name of June’s mystery Czech and also the name
of the lucky winner. Listeners quoted: Richard Cooke, Xiu-Ping Qian,
Chun-Quan Meng, S. J. Agboola, Hans Verner Lollike, Colin Law, Harold
Yeglin, Constantin Liviu Viorel, David Eldridge, Charles Konecny.
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