New Czech Films

A Well Paid Walk by Milos Forman (top); Vaclav Havel in Citizen Havel by Pavel Koutecký and Miroslav Janek (middle); The Karamazovs by Petr Zelenka (bottom)

New Czech Films at New York’s BAMcinématek. The series includes works by two-time Academy Award winner Milos Forman and Jan H?ebejk, whose Divided We Fall (2000) was nominated for a best foreign language film Oscar. Václav Marhoul’s war drama Tobruk, which is supposed to show that there’s "a very thin line between heroism and cowardice," sounds particularly intriguing. All films in Czech with English subtitles.
Schedule and film information from the BAMcinématek website:
A Well Paid Walk (Dob?e Placená Procházku) (2009) 85min
Wed, Nov 18 at 6:50*, 9:40pm
*Q&A [...]

Milos Forman, Peter Shaffer at AMADEUS Screening

Host Chris Frayling (left), Oscar-winning writer Peter Shaffer (center) and two-time Oscar-winning director Milos Forman at the reception preceding the 25th anniversary screening of Amadeus, presented by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, at the Soho Hotel Screening Room in London on Friday, July 31, 2009.
Photos: Simon Leibowitz / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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Peter Shaffer, Milos Forman

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Chris Frayling, Peter Shaffer, Milos Forman