استودیوهای باراندوف: هالیوود اروپای مرکزی

The Barrandov Studios are one of the largest and oldest film studios in Europe. For more than 80 years so far, the studios have been the location of choice for over 2,500 Czech and International films. Barrandov’s founding fathers, the Havel brothers Vàclav and Milo. (the grandfather and uncle of later president Vàclav Havel), built the ‘Hollywood of Eastern Europe’ in the 1930s. A legendary studio like this – and its story – has so far not been told to an English-speaking readership. This collection aims to correct this, presenting the studio’s rich history, its esteemed directors, and their most important films. Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Once upon a (Central European) Time I: (Film) History 1. Barrandov and Its Founder, Miloš Havel 2. The Concept of Regional Poetics of Cinema 3. Barrandov’s First Fifteen Years II: Production History 4. Industrial Authorship and Group Style in Czech Cinema of the 1950s and 1960s 5. Marcela Pittermannová : Barrandov Dramaturges as Clients, Brokers, and Patrons 6. Ambitious ‘Alien’ Beats Perestroika III: Individual Directors 7. A Documentarian between Genres 8. The Loves of a System: Miloš Forman and Barrandov 9. Barrandov and Chytilová 10. Barrandov Baroque: The Tenacious Artistry of Juraj Herz 11. Václav Vorlíček: A Dream within a Dream 12. The ‘Vault Films’ Index