Description
Vladimíra Valentu (1923-2001) is known by almost all film viewers, not just in our country. His character as the stationmaster from Jiří Menzel's Closely Watched Trains is unforgettable, if only for his desperate remark: "And the inspector's garden is in the shit!" Czech non-actor Valenta was recognized by film audiences even in Canada, where he started as a car washer in a garage after leaving his homeland in 1968. Writer Josef Škvorecký erected a monument to him in his novel The Engineer of Human Souls in the character of the boisterous "man-ball," a vigorous anti-communist whose laughter sounds "like a chain reaction in a nuclear missile warehouse." But how much is known about Valenta as a director, screenwriter, dramaturge, producer, journalist, political prisoner, or exile? The book edition of the interview by Jan Lukeš with Vladimír Valenta not only provides answers to these questions but also brings closer Valenta's lifelong perspective and nonchalant detachment from himself.
Information
Author: Lukeš Jan
Publication date: June 4, 2021
Manufacturer: Galén, spol. s r.o.
Genres: Non-fiction literature, Technique, Poetry and verse, Essays, reflections, and articles, Theater and film, Art personalities, Visual art, Books, Fiction, Specialized and technical literature, Art and architecture, Actors and actresses, Biographies and autobiographies, Writers, Directors, Painters
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 102
ISBN/EAN: 9788074925351