Eastern European cinema is a diverse subject that has been scarcely regarded, especially compared to other world cinemas. From screen analysis to personal accounts, this blog is a meditation on Eastern European cultural values with emphasis on totalitarian iconography and other clandestine ciphers that have become motifs across the films of Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic and East Germany.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
A Communist Past: Fake Me A Happy New Year/ Četri Mielasti (2013) Liene Linde
By Olivia Maria Hărşan
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Visual Diary: Goto Island of Love/ Goto, l'île d'amour (1968) Walerian Borowczyk
By Olivia Maria Hărşan
Monday, December 1, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Visual Diary: Terribly Sad Princesses/ Šíleně smutná princezna (1968) Josef Kemr
By Olivia Maria Hărşan
Monday, November 17, 2014
Fashion in Film: Petra Černocká
By Olivia Maria Hărşan
Still from Saxana (1972) Václav Vorlícek.
I'm loving the goth outfit - disco perm combo.
Petra looking gorgeous and photogenic.
Another still from Saxana.
That Dress!
I'm not sure what to call this garment (maybe a dress?) but it is swingin'.
A coloured-in B&W portrait of Petra.
Monday, November 10, 2014
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Visual Diary: Three Wishes for Cinderella/ Tři oříšky pro Popelku (1973) Václav Vorlíček
By Olivia Maria Hărşan
Czechoslovak/ East German fairy-tale film
Czechoslovak/ East German fairy-tale film
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Film Still of the Month: Tame/ Krotká (1969) Stanislav Barbaras
By Olivia Maria Hărşan
Czechoslovak tv movie
Friday, October 10, 2014
Visual Diary: Before Tonight is Over/ Kým sa skončí táto noc (1966) Peter Solan
By Olivia Maria Hărşan
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Women in Film: Nadia Gray
By Olivia Maria Hărşan
Romanian born film actress Nadia Gray (1923-1994) is most noted for her role as Nadia in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960). Of Russian and Bessarabian origins, Nadia fled to Paris when the communists took over Romania in the late 1940s. From here onwards she would be cast in French and Italian productions and, like most of these showbiz types, involved in several relationships throughout her lifetime before settling with her third husband, Manhattan attorney Herbert Silverman, in none other than New York City.
Romanian born film actress Nadia Gray (1923-1994) is most noted for her role as Nadia in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960). Of Russian and Bessarabian origins, Nadia fled to Paris when the communists took over Romania in the late 1940s. From here onwards she would be cast in French and Italian productions and, like most of these showbiz types, involved in several relationships throughout her lifetime before settling with her third husband, Manhattan attorney Herbert Silverman, in none other than New York City.
Scene from La Dolce Vita
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Visual Diary: The Return of the Prodigal Son/ Návrat ztraceného syna (1967) Evald Schorm
By Olivia Maria Hărşan
Monday, September 1, 2014
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