Cinema Poetry 1 - Marketa Lazarova

Cinema Poetry is a video blog devoted to bringing you some of the most poetic scenes and sequences in the history of cinema. Given that cinema poetry is inherently a hard thing to define, and dependent on the artful union of many of cinema's elements (cinematography, editing, lighting, music, sound design, acting...), I cannot say how often I will find worthy films with which to update this blog. Today's film is 1967 Czech film by Frantisek Vlacil. The film runs nearly two hours and forty minutes, and though the plot was often incomprehensible to me, the poetry of its images was enough to keep me interested the whole time. On par with the beauty of Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev. Really.

Update: For even better quality, please download this video here: http://rapidshare.com/files/158258868...

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  Film & Animation

[jarlRiess]

Ten kostelík ve 2:25 a v 3:33 stojí na severním okraji Nitry, nad vsí Dražovce. Je to vzácná románská stavba, zasvěcená sv. Michalu Archandělovi.

[amt253]

Je to opravdu krásný kostel ...

(thanks to google translate.)

[jarlRiess]

Yes, I agree. :) Are You interested in Romanesque or Gothic architecture of Central/Western Europe?

[amt253]

Oh yes. In fact, I teach a general art history class that spends a little time on the Romanesque and the Gothic each quarter.

[jarlRiess]

Do You know more about architecture of those periods on the territory of Czechia or Slovakia? Are You familiar with art historical essays of Czech/Slovak historians? If You want I could recommend some titles to You.

[amt253]

I am ignorant of the history of Czech/Slovak architecture, but I would love to read up on it (the books would have to be in English or French).

[mifunen1]

Where the fuck has this been hiding?!

[elremeroderenoir]

great! thanks a lot.

[jarlRiess]

Well, it is quite a problem. Professional literature about this matter is mainly in Czech/Slovak or German. :(

I will try to find something...

[SLACKER614]

one of the best films ever made..one year prior to the Prague Spring...art is a most powerful influence...esp. film poetry...

[michaelmisanthrope]

Very artful and moving. Early cinematographers looked to poetry for inspiration as it was the only art form which was both pictorial and motional.