CinemaOSMovie · 2020

Viva video, video viva

Documentary

Today, analogue video is attractive primarily thanks to the distinctive aesthetic quality of its pixelated image and raster errors. But for Czech artists who first explored the possibilities offered by video art in the late 1980s, this medium represented a path towards freedom. Through a portrait of her grandfather Radek Pilař, one of the pioneers of Czech video art, the director explores her own legacy of imperative creative fascination. Her film’s main story, i.e., the process of reconstructing the 1989 exhibition Video Day, contrasts this enchantment with life in the final days of the totalitarian regime, which different sharply with the adventures of those who decided to emigrate – whom the filmmaker also visits in order to discover forgotten works, get to know their creators, and re-establish broken ties.

Directed byAdéla Komrzý

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Language
CS
Released
February 13, 2020
Studios
Universal Production Partners

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Directed by
Adéla Komrzý
Adéla Komrzý
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Adéla Komrzý
Adéla Komrzý
Produced by
Vít Komrzý

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