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Daisies (Sedmikrásky)
Wednesday 2 December 2009, 7.30pm for 8pm start
£5/£4.50 (concessions) plus £1 membership
Bar and refreshments available
Venue:
Rochester Independent College's Gainsborough Conference Centre, 254 St Margarets Bank, High Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1HY. Opposite Rochester Train Station (see map)
Film: Daisies
Certificate: 15
Running time: 74 mins
Year: 1966
Country: Czechoslovakia
Director and Writer: Vera Chytilová
Synopsis
Our friends at Moogie Wonderland (the twee artist-run clubnight described by The Guardian as "The cultural pick of the week") have curated this screening of the wonderful 'Daisies'.
A satirical, wild and irreverent story of rebellion, Vera Chytilova's classic of surrealist cinema is perhaps also the most adventurous and anarchic Czech movie of the 1960s.
Two young women, both named Marie, revolt against a degenerate, decayed and oppressive society, attacking symbols of wealth and bourgeois culture. Defiant feminist statement? Nihilistic, avant-garde comedy? It remains a cinematic enigma and its influence is still felt today - from the extreme Baise-Moi to the mainstream Thelma and Louise and in the films of (amongst others) Jacques Rivette, Bertrand Blier, Catherine Breillat and Gregg Araki.
A riotous, punk-rock poem of a film that is both hilarious and mind-warpingly innovative, Daisies continues to provoke, stimulate and entertain.
Links:
Internet Movie Database on Daisies
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