Robert Sedláček on Jan Palach: 'Palach is a national treasure, the source of many strong opinions. It is important we keep his memory alive. Yet we know very little about him'
Robert Sedláček Photo: Petr Novák, Wikipedia An interesting footnote to the showing of the excellent - and up for several accolades at the Czech Film Critics' Awards - Jan Palach at the Czech embassy last week was a post-film interview with director Robert Sedlácek.
Sedlácek comes to directing from journalism. He crossed over to filmmaking with Rules Of Lies, a 2006 film about drug addiction. His reputation grew with Long Live The Family (2011) and he is also acclaimed for The Czech Century (2013).
Despite this, he is renowned as a “bad boy” of Czech culture...getting up close to Milos Zeman, a Czech president well-known for his antipathy toward journalists, and then turning up to receive one of his country's highest...
Robert Sedláček Photo: Petr Novák, Wikipedia An interesting footnote to the showing of the excellent - and up for several accolades at the Czech Film Critics' Awards - Jan Palach at the Czech embassy last week was a post-film interview with director Robert Sedlácek.
Sedlácek comes to directing from journalism. He crossed over to filmmaking with Rules Of Lies, a 2006 film about drug addiction. His reputation grew with Long Live The Family (2011) and he is also acclaimed for The Czech Century (2013).
Despite this, he is renowned as a “bad boy” of Czech culture...getting up close to Milos Zeman, a Czech president well-known for his antipathy toward journalists, and then turning up to receive one of his country's highest...
- 1/23/2019
- by Jane Fae
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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Academy Award winning director of photograhy, cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, is dead at age 85. Variety reports Mr. Zsigmond passed on January 1, 2016, according to his business partner, Yuri Neyman.
While mostly working on feature films, Zsigmond shot 24 episodes of The Mindy Project TV series, starring Mindy Kaling, before Fox cancelled it after three seasons. Hulu revived the sitcom for a fourth season of 26 episodes, in 2015.
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Academy Award winning director of photograhy, cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, is dead at age 85. Variety reports Mr. Zsigmond passed on January 1, 2016, according to his business partner, Yuri Neyman.
While mostly working on feature films, Zsigmond shot 24 episodes of The Mindy Project TV series, starring Mindy Kaling, before Fox cancelled it after three seasons. Hulu revived the sitcom for a fourth season of 26 episodes, in 2015.
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- 1/4/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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