#Vojtech Jasný

[ozu-teapot]

Az prijde kocour (AKA The Cassandra Cat) | Vojtech Jasný | 1963

[byneddiedingo]

The Cassandra Cat (Vojtech Jasný, 1963)

Cast: Jan Werich, Emília Vášáryová, Vlastimil Brodský, Jiří Sovák, Vladimír Menšík, Jiřina Bohdalová, Karel Effa, Vlasta Chramostová, Alena Kreuzmannová. Screenplay: Jirí Brdecka, Vojtech Jasný, Jan Werich. Cinematography: Jaroslav Kucera. Production design: Oldrich Bosák. Film editing: Jan Chaloupek. Music: Svatopluk Havelka. 

Sometimes you have to wonder how a movie came about. I mean, how did the premise underlying The Cassandra Cat --  a cat whose gaze makes people change colors, revealing their true selves -- emerge? It surely didn't come from spitballing in a story conference. Was it from someone nibbling on a funky mushroom while foraging in the Bohemian forest? And even granted that premise, how did it become the basis for a fable about hidebound authority stifling the creative imagination? Actually, that latter is pretty much standard for Eastern European filmmakers under Soviet rule, finding any way to poke at the oppressors without waking the censors. Whatever the origins, the resulting film is a sprightly creation, featuring an astonishingly docile cat. I mean, if anyone tried to put sunglasses on one of my cats, or trundle them about a village square with a gang of children, I'm sure the results would have been unpleasant. Still, The Cassandra Cat makes me wish the story had been turned over to one of the Czech masters of animation like Karel Zeman or Jiří Trnka rather than made into a live action film. The special effects in the movie are just clunky enough to be distracting, especially if your tolerance for the kind of whimsy prevalent in the film is low.   

[genevieveetguy]

Listen Robert, denoting your superior as a murderer in public doesn't seem like constructive criticism.

The Cassandra Cat (Az prijde kocour), Vojtech Jasný (1963)

[shihlun]

Vojtěch Jasný

- The Cassandra Cat

1963

[frnndlcs]

Všichni dobří rodáci, Vojtěch Jasný, 1969

[davidhudson]

Vojtěch Jasný, November 30, 1925 – November 15, 2019.

[tvln]

new soundtrack post!

https://rippingsoundtracks.blogspot.com/2020/11/svatopluk-havelka-when-cat-comes-az.html

[vivienayroles]

Az prijde kocour, Vojtech Jasný, 1963.

[vincekris]

Az prijde kocour (When the Cat Comes), 1963.  Dir. Vojtech Jasný.

[ozu-teapot]

Az prijde kocour (AKA The Cassandra Cat) | Vojtech Jasný | 1963

Emília Vásáryová, et al.

[pierreism]

Všichni dobří rodáci (All My Good Countrymen), 1969. dir. Vojtech Jasný

Another utterly spellbinding work from Vojtech Jasný, he of the magical, sunglasses-wearing Cassandra Cat.

[diasdefilme]

100 Movies in 2020 | 086 | Az prijde kocour. Director: Vojtech Jasný.

[shiningwizard]

The Cassandra Cat (Vojtech Jasný, 1963)

a cat's gaze shows people in their true colours. quite literally, casting them as red, yellow, blue or grey. that's not in the interest of a town's commissar. it is very much in the interest of the town's children. this was ok, but felt lacking where it should have shone, namely the fantasy aspects. just a bunch of red, yellow, blue or grey people goofing around.

[shihlun]

Vojtěch Jasný

- The Cassandra Cat

1963

[frnndlcs]

Všichni dobří rodáci, Vojtěch Jasný, 1969

[davidhudson]

Vojtěch Jasný, November 30, 1925 – November 15, 2019.