Looking online for clips of the interesting Czech New Wave film The Loves of a Blonde (also reviewed),I stumbled on a Czech film which appeared to have almost been completely forgotten about,which led to me getting ready to witness Bugle's romance.
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Serenading the title to Jirí Srnka's shimmering score,co- writer/(along with Frantisek Hrubín) director Otakar Vávra & cinematographer Andrej Barla drape the title in a richly melancholy atmosphere. Opening with Vojta looking at Terina's grave,the writers hang wonderfully the impending tragedy across the entire movie,with Vávra and Barla elegant close-ups and long engulfing shadows capturing the sorrow of love that Vojta and Terina both have.
Cutting some sly commentary in on how distinct individuals are pressed down to conform and follow "tradition", Vávra & Hrubín adaptation of Hrubín's own poem keeps a striking sense of poetic beauty as the beating heart of the title,with the passage of time for Terina and Vojta's romance having a whirlwind flow that gives the title an exquisite sonnet mood. Circling Terina and Vojta with rival lovers and families on both sides,the writers brilliant place a warm sense of regret within each family,but also an inability to free themselves from tradition.
Bringing light to Vojta's unfading love for Terina, Jaromír Hanzlík gives an incredible performance as Vojta,whose innocent,powerfully love for Terina is destroyed by the long lingering shadows of "tradition."
Making her second film appearance, Zuzana Cigánová gives an excellent performance as Terina,thanks to Cigánová giving Terina a care-free love style that Cigánová pulls away to show a startling thoughtfulness over her feelings for Vojta,as Terina and Vojta find romance for bugle.
View on the film:
Serenading the title to Jirí Srnka's shimmering score,co- writer/(along with Frantisek Hrubín) director Otakar Vávra & cinematographer Andrej Barla drape the title in a richly melancholy atmosphere. Opening with Vojta looking at Terina's grave,the writers hang wonderfully the impending tragedy across the entire movie,with Vávra and Barla elegant close-ups and long engulfing shadows capturing the sorrow of love that Vojta and Terina both have.
Cutting some sly commentary in on how distinct individuals are pressed down to conform and follow "tradition", Vávra & Hrubín adaptation of Hrubín's own poem keeps a striking sense of poetic beauty as the beating heart of the title,with the passage of time for Terina and Vojta's romance having a whirlwind flow that gives the title an exquisite sonnet mood. Circling Terina and Vojta with rival lovers and families on both sides,the writers brilliant place a warm sense of regret within each family,but also an inability to free themselves from tradition.
Bringing light to Vojta's unfading love for Terina, Jaromír Hanzlík gives an incredible performance as Vojta,whose innocent,powerfully love for Terina is destroyed by the long lingering shadows of "tradition."
Making her second film appearance, Zuzana Cigánová gives an excellent performance as Terina,thanks to Cigánová giving Terina a care-free love style that Cigánová pulls away to show a startling thoughtfulness over her feelings for Vojta,as Terina and Vojta find romance for bugle.