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In this edition of Screen Czech: just what is it that Czechs like in their
movies? That and other questions will be answered by Briana Cechova, the
head of the Czech National Film Archive. And, a look back on the one of the
Czech Republic’s most famous film directors. More
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In this edition we read from your letters of condolence on the death in
December of the former president Václav Havel; we quote from your answers
to December's mystery Czech quiz question; and we announce a brand new
question for January. Listeners/readers quoted:Mary Lou Krenek, Allan
Loudell, Jana Zimmer, Lynda-Marie Hauptmann, Andy Martynyuk, Madeleine
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From the ArchivesA Proustian moment in 1960s Czechoslovak Radio
By the mid 1960s political control over many aspects of cultural and social
life in Czechoslovakia had relaxed considerably. This was the height of the
“New Wave” in Czechoslovak cinema, in theatre socialist realism had
long gone out of fashion and in music the swinging sixties were well under
way. But it wasn’t just through the music it was playing that
Czechoslovak Radio tried to keep pace with the changes. One programme that
broke the traditional mould was launched in 1966 and was called “The 33
Questions of Marcel Proust”. These were questions that the French
novelist had compiled in the belief that by answering them you could better
understand your inner self. In the programme, a well known personality
would answer questions based on Proust’s list. More
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