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ArtsNew Milos Forman film sees Prague premiere and other Arts news
In today's Arts: a look at Milos Forman's new film Goya's Ghosts, starring
Natalie Portman and Xavier Bardem. (A gala premiere was held in Prague
this week). Also, a new exhibition looks at the work of 20th century
Czech-American photographer Drahomir Josef Ruzicka. More
One on OneVarhan Orchestrovic Bauer - composer of film score for "Goya's Ghosts"
The unusually named Varhan Orchestrovic Bauer (varhany means
pipe organ in Czech, while Orchestrovic is derived from the word
orchestra) is a well-known Czech conductor and composer whose work has
featured in a number of cutting-edge films including the mock documentary
Czech Dream. Nevertheless, Varhan's most ambitious work to date was
composing the
soundtrack for the new film by Milos Forman, called Goya's Ghosts. I was
able to meet with Varhan Orchestrovic Bauer ahead of the film's gala
premiere which will take place in Prague this week; he told me about what
working on the film was like. More
One on OneMichaed Radford - a British film-maker with Czech connections
Michael Radford adapted and directed the film Nineteen Eighty-four, but is
perhaps best known as the director and co-writer of the Oscar-nominated
Italian language film The Postman. Recently Michael Radford was the
president of the grand jury at the Karlovy Vary International Film
Festival, and I met him at the town's Hotel Embassy. It wasn't Mr
Radford's first visit to the Czech Republic - as he told me, his Czech
connections go way back. More
Current AffairsMilos Forman's film finally takes off
On Wednesday night Milos Forman's film, "Taking Off" premiered in
the Czech Republic, no less than 35 years after it was made. Milos Forman
was one of the pioneers of the Czech new wave in cinema in the 1960s.
Following the Soviet invasion in 1968, he emigrated to America where he
launched a successful career with films One Flew over a Cuckoo's Nest,
Hair, the People vs Larry Flint and more recently Man on the Moon. More
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