Courage for Every Day

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Audience Member Historically speaking from the point of view of a nation, the Czech New Wave represented an artistic transition. The 1950s were under a very repressive regime with a resulting mandated Socialist-Realist cinema. The experimental nature, strong tints of political criticism and social reflection, and the avant-garde essence of the revolutionary techniques of the Czech New Wave, on the other hand, which flourished in the next decade, can be attributed to the gradual relaxation of Communism. With this plausible and rather logical explanation, we can see why the Czech films of the 60s began to be banned, but remain today as the most admirable. The protagonist Lukas reflects exactly that transition, and the struggle of a regime to remain in power with the submission of the masses, a system of control that is not meant to last forever. No political system is permanent; all are meant to face a changing climate, because society changes. If a system does not adapt to those changes, there will be, at least, an intellectual collision, which can then materialize into violence or manifestations. Granted, the film's ideas are more interesting than Schorm's execution, but with this good piece, he shows that he was a man with a handful of ideas to transmit, taking advantage of the current state of cinema which was beginning to change, and then transmitting the ideas which would evolve then into a more radical form. Everything changes. The only thing that doesn't change is the fact of change. 78/100 Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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