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Incredible Czech Film Poster by Olga Polackova-Vyletalova.

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Kickass Czech poster for Andrei Rublev by Karel Teissig.

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An introduction to one of the most influental Sci-fi movies by Max Leonard Hitchings “Humans are like the stars. Somebody orbits around someone else for years.” – Petr  The Opening Ikarie opens abruptly with a searing blast of…

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“Humans are like stars. Some folks orbit around other folks for years…“

Ikarie XB 1 (1963) dir. by Jindřich Polák.

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Original Karamazov Brothers Film Poster is now on display at Subtitles Café to support the film screening of this brilliant Czech/Polish movie!

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R.I.P. Miroslav Ondricek, cameraman genius behind Amadeus, Slaughterhouse 5, Taking off, Firemen's Ball, Hair and many many more. You had special impact on our lives and let us see the world with your eyes. Thank you.

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Legendary Czechoslovakian 1963 IKARIE XB-1 (aka Voyage to the end of the Universe) was not only an inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's 2001 Space Odyssey (the spacesuits are very similar, as are the interior lighting, hexagonal corridors, videophone calls to loved ones etc), but it sets the tone and standard for future spaceship interior design in film.

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Amazing stuff!

Pages of my David Lynch book redesigned.

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The Fabulous World of Czech Sci-Fi

More than 50 sf films have been made in Czechoslovakia, the first of them in the early 1920s. The earliest of real interest are adaptations of stories by Karel Čapek; they are Bílà nemoc ["The White Plague"] (1937; vt Skeleton on Horseback), directed by Hugo Haas, and Krakatit (1948), directed by Otakar Vàvra. From the mid-1950s to 1970, several sf films with animation and live action combined, based loosely on novels by Jules Verne and using original drawings from French editions of his books, were made by director and animator Karel Zeman: Cesta do pravěku (1955; vt Journey to the Beginning of Time), Vynález Zkázy (1958; vt Weapons of Destruction), Baron Pràšil (1961; vt Baron Münchhausen), Ukradenà vzducholod' (1966; vt The Stolen Airship) and Na koměte (1970; vt On the Comet). A completely animated Czech/French coproduction was La Planète Sauvage (1973; vt Fantastic Planet).

The tradition of Czech sf comedies was launched by Oldřich Lipský with a comedy set in "the 5th century after Sputnik": Muz z prvního století ["Man from the First Century"] (1961; vt Man in Outer Space). Lipský's other sf films include: a Time-Travel comedy, Zabil jsem Einsteina, pánové! (1969; vt I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen!); a Parody of pre-World War Two pulp detective fiction involving Nick Carter and a carnivorous plant, perhaps his best film, Adéla ještě nevečeřelá (1977; vt Adele Hasn't Eaten Yet); a Jules Verne adaptation, Tajemství hradu v Karpatech ["Mystery of the Carpathian Castle"] (1981); and Srdečný pozdrav ze Zeměkoule ["Cordial Greetings from Earth"] (1982). Miloš Macourek has had a hand in several good sf comedies, notably Kdo Chce Zabít Jessii (1965; vt Who Would Kill Jessie?) and Coz takhle dat si špenàt (1976; vt What Would You Say to Some Spinach?), and also cowrote the screenplay of Zítra Vstanu a Opařím Se Čajem (1977; vt Tomorrow I'll Wake up and Scald Myself with Tea), one of a number of Czech sf films, several of them comedies, based on Josef Nesvadba's stories and novels.

Not many Czech films are "serious" sf, or even straight sf, but those that are include: the space opera Ikarie XB-1 (1963; vt Voyage to the End of the Universe); the Post-Holocaust story Konec Srpna V Hotelu Ozón (1966; vt The End of August at the Hotel Ozone); a film about a visit from deep space, Akce Bororo ["Operation Bororo"] (1972), directed by Otakar Fuka; a children's film about First Contact with Aliens, Odysseus a hvězdy ["Odysseus and the Stars"] (1974), directed by Ludvík Ráza; a free adaptation of Čapek's Krakatit (1924), Temné Slunce (1980; vt The Black Sun); and, from Slovakia, ecological space sf in Tretí Šarkan ["The Third Dragon"] (1985), directed by Peter Hledík.

Sf dramas are quite frequent on Czech television, especially for children. One of the better serials has been Návštěvníci ["The Visitors"] (1984), in which an expedition from 2484 CE, when Earth is endangered by a Comet, returns to 1984 to seek help; it was directed by Jindřich Polák.

Sf is very popular in Czechoslovakia. It has a wide readership, and print-runs of books by well known authors have been up to 100,000; however, the worsening economic situation in the early 1990s is likely to change that figure dramatically for the worse. On the positive side, a monthly sf magazine, Ikarie, was launched in June 1990 under the editorship of Ondřej Neff, who has also edited, with Jaroslav Olša jr, «Encyklopedie science fiction» ["Encyclopedia of Science Fiction"] (1992). [IA/JO]

You can get all those amazing films at Subtitles cafe in London.

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Selection of Czech films and original vintage movie posters in cute little coffee shop called Subtitles in London, 42 Balls Pond road.

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Detail of Czech film poster for Psycho by Grygar

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Voted the best Czech film of all times, Markéta Lazarová is František Vláčil’s historical masterpiece.

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Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo: The two natural items to sustain life are sunlight and coconut milk. Did you know that?

Midnight cowboy 1973 Czech film poster by Zdenek Ziegler.

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Beautiful poster for Carmen (Carlos Saura, Spain) by Zdeněk Vlach, 1985.

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Josef  Vyletal, the designer of the Czech poster for Easy rider, was forced to remove the American flag from Peter Fonda’s jacket by communist officials, so he “covered” it by motorcycle smoke. It was all for nothing at the end, as the movie didn’t go to distribution in Czechoslovakia, people were not allowed to make their own conclusions regarding the movie and were rather deprived of their own opinions. The only right opinion was generated by the communist party. The people had no freedom in their lives, even less in the cinemas…

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How (and why) the communists first banned the Easy Rider film poster and than the whole movie from the distribution in Czechoslovakia.