A Case for a Rookie Hangman (Region Free)
Pavel JurĆ”Äek's free-form and darkly surreal adaptation of Jonathan Swift'sĀ Gulliver's TravelsĀ also channels Lewis Carroll and Franz Kafka to create one of Czechoslovak cinema's most audacious and disturbing works.
Lost on a country road, a man finds himself trapped in a nightmare world that mirrors Communist-era Czechoslovakia. This transgressive film, like his earlier surrealist triumph Josef KiliÔn (1963), greatly provoked the authorities and was promptly 'banned forever'.
JurÔcek, co-writer of Czech masterworks Daisies, Ikarie XB 1 and A Jester's Tale, was never allowed to direct another film - but his legacy and his commitment to poetic and political truth, remains one of the most profound, invigorating and important in all Czech cinema.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
⢠Presented from a new 4K restoration of the film from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive.
ā¢Ā Josef KiliĆ”nĀ (Postava k podpĆrĆ”nĆ):Ā presented from a new 4K restoration of the film from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive.
⢠Two early short films co-written by Pavel JurÔcek and directed by Jan Schmidt:
-Ā Cars Without a HomeĀ (Auta bez domova, 1959)
-Ā Black and White SylvaĀ (CernobĆlĆ” Sylva, 1961)
⢠The Projection Booth podcast with Mike White, Kat Ellinger, Kevin Heffernan and Peter Hames.
⢠Trailer.
⢠Booklet featuring a new essay by writer and film historian Michael Brooke.
⢠Region Free Blu-ray (A/B/C)
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A Case for a Rookie Hangman (Region Free)
A Case for a Rookie Hangman (Region Free)
Pavel JurĆ”Äek's free-form and darkly surreal adaptation of Jonathan Swift'sĀ Gulliver's TravelsĀ also channels Lewis Carroll and Franz Kafka to create one of Czechoslovak cinema's most audacious and disturbing works.
Lost on a country road, a man finds himself trapped in a nightmare world that mirrors Communist-era Czechoslovakia. This transgressive film, like his earlier surrealist triumph Josef KiliÔn (1963), greatly provoked the authorities and was promptly 'banned forever'.
JurÔcek, co-writer of Czech masterworks Daisies, Ikarie XB 1 and A Jester's Tale, was never allowed to direct another film - but his legacy and his commitment to poetic and political truth, remains one of the most profound, invigorating and important in all Czech cinema.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
⢠Presented from a new 4K restoration of the film from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive.
ā¢Ā Josef KiliĆ”nĀ (Postava k podpĆrĆ”nĆ):Ā presented from a new 4K restoration of the film from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive.
⢠Two early short films co-written by Pavel JurÔcek and directed by Jan Schmidt:
-Ā Cars Without a HomeĀ (Auta bez domova, 1959)
-Ā Black and White SylvaĀ (CernobĆlĆ” Sylva, 1961)
⢠The Projection Booth podcast with Mike White, Kat Ellinger, Kevin Heffernan and Peter Hames.
⢠Trailer.
⢠Booklet featuring a new essay by writer and film historian Michael Brooke.
⢠Region Free Blu-ray (A/B/C)
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Pavel JurĆ”Äek's free-form and darkly surreal adaptation of Jonathan Swift'sĀ Gulliver's TravelsĀ also channels Lewis Carroll and Franz Kafka to create one of Czechoslovak cinema's most audacious and disturbing works.
Lost on a country road, a man finds himself trapped in a nightmare world that mirrors Communist-era Czechoslovakia. This transgressive film, like his earlier surrealist triumph Josef KiliÔn (1963), greatly provoked the authorities and was promptly 'banned forever'.
JurÔcek, co-writer of Czech masterworks Daisies, Ikarie XB 1 and A Jester's Tale, was never allowed to direct another film - but his legacy and his commitment to poetic and political truth, remains one of the most profound, invigorating and important in all Czech cinema.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
⢠Presented from a new 4K restoration of the film from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive.
ā¢Ā Josef KiliĆ”nĀ (Postava k podpĆrĆ”nĆ):Ā presented from a new 4K restoration of the film from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive.
⢠Two early short films co-written by Pavel JurÔcek and directed by Jan Schmidt:
-Ā Cars Without a HomeĀ (Auta bez domova, 1959)
-Ā Black and White SylvaĀ (CernobĆlĆ” Sylva, 1961)
⢠The Projection Booth podcast with Mike White, Kat Ellinger, Kevin Heffernan and Peter Hames.
⢠Trailer.
⢠Booklet featuring a new essay by writer and film historian Michael Brooke.
⢠Region Free Blu-ray (A/B/C)













