Marketa Lazarová

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Alec B The film is like some fever dream that's intent on driving the viewer mad and while the plot is dense, its probably not as difficult to follow as has been suggested. There is some truly unforgettable imagery on display here. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/10/23 Full Review Pulec T Kemr je nekonečnej bůh kurva. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Be forewarned: "Marketa Lazarova" is not for the casual viewer. A shroud of impenetrability lingers over this stirringly poetic work that is likely to frustrate any who are unwilling to simply absorb its strikingly authentic tone which ever alternates between the hypnotic and the frightening. Eventually, the atmospheric and thematic cacophony does prove a bit overbearing, and we feel distanced by a lack of relatable characters. At the same time, there is an operatic quality to the work that is brazenly unafraid to declare the full breadth of its ambition: to evoke history as a fever dream in the act of producing the very birth pangs of civilization that continue to be felt in the present day. As such an evocation, the film is stunningly successful, and we are left in awe of a work that weaves a together a succession of images and sounds that are as brutal and beautiful as any displayed on the screen. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Despite all the Battle scenes and barbaric interactions between these renaissance townsfolk Im flabbergasted how anyone can stay awake to watch this tired number. In all honesty I get the message the movie is trying to convey ;but common it could have been done more tastefully or even shortened. Here we have the story of a young innocent girl who seems to find it great to be taken by force . To top it off we get the comparison of their bizarre entanglement to the life of a Doe and a Stag? No thanks, Id rather watch 50 Shades of Gray again. At least there we can understand the upbringing of someone who suffered abuse and liking it. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review William L "She's been promised to God." "The Lord enabled me to settle accounts." Combining stunningly beautiful shots right off the bat with a plot that pits the practical brutalism of the Middle Ages against the emerging Christian movement and the reestablishment of civilization, Marketa Lazarová is a masterclass in period film and one of the great artistic works of Czechoslovakia. The film evokes the tone resonant in much of Eastern European film, of a world built on violence, short-term gratification, and animal instinct. Society is treated as a fragile construct that can easily fracture when snows fall and stomachs growl. The film's brutality is treated as both senseless and a natural part of existence, and seldom effective at actually improving the conditions under which those who wield it live; none of the film's characters end up in improved circumstances as a result of their willingness to stray from a path of supposed morality. I can't undersell the quality of the visuals crafted by Vláčil and cinematographer Beda Batka; the cold marshes, the desolated homes, and the film's critical symbolism of the wolves in hunt are all rendered with beautiful clarity, framing, and composition. Though some of have criticized the film's intermittently dense plot, the nonlinear elements give the narrative a hallucinatory quality that adds to the mystique and maddeningly desolate plot and near-unredeemable nature of its characters. Heavy, but worthy of its renewed reputation as an international classic now that its full runtime has been restored. A devastating take on human nature. (5/5) Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/23/21 Full Review raphael g A piece of masterful cinema. An incredible collection of stunning images, poetry, music create one of the most beautiful experiences one can expect from a film. And it's all beautifully shot in black and white. Amazing. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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