Something Different: The Films of Věra Chytilová

July 26–August 30, 2024

This is a series of films roiling with unruly energy and feminist fury from Věra Chytilová, “one of the Czech New Wave’s most rebellious, irreverent and boundary-breaking talents” (Sight & Sound).

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  • Daisies

  • Something Different

  • Fruit of Paradise

  • Automat Svět

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Past Films

  • Daisies

    Věra Chytilová
    Czechoslovakia, 1966
    Friday, July 26 7:00 PM

    Věra Chytilová’s most acclaimed film, spawned by the Prague Spring, is a brilliantly colored surrealist comedy starring a couple of chicks in search of kicks.

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  • Something Different

    Věra Chytilová
    Czechoslovakia, 1963
    Friday, August 2 7:00 PM

    Věra Chytilová’s debut feature intercuts the lives of its two female protagonists—a professional gymnast and a restless housewife—who never meet but share a similarly tracked existence. “An unsung landmark of feminist cinema” (BAMcinématek).

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  • Fruit of Paradise

    Věra Chytilová
    Czechoslovakia, 1970

    35mm Archival Print

    Saturday, August 10 7:00 PM

    Adam and Eve are seduced by Satan in an Eastern European health spa in Věra Chytilová’s companion piece to Daisies, an inventive union of allegory, feminism, and the avant-garde, often compared to Federico Fellini’s Satyricon and the films of Sergei Parajanov.

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  • The Short Films of Věra Chytilová

    Wednesday, August 14 7:00 PM

    A rare chance to see Věra Chytilová’s earliest shorts, which explore anarchy, individualism, and surrealist allegory. Titles include Ceiling, A Bagful of Fleas, and her contribution to the Czech New Wave omnibus Pearls of the Deep, Automat Svět.

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  • Panelstory

    Věra Chytilová
    Czechoslovakia, 1979

    35mm Archival Print

    Sunday, August 18 4:30 PM

    A new suburban housing block in the midst of either construction or destruction provides the site of Věra Chytilová’s biting satire of official incompetence and corruption and of the resourcefulness and/or deceit of those left living in its cracks.

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  • Daisies

    Věra Chytilová
    Czechoslovakia, 1966
    Friday, August 30 5:00 PM

    Věra Chytilová’s most acclaimed film, spawned by the Prague Spring, is a brilliantly colored surrealist comedy starring a couple of chicks in search of kicks.

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