And so we stumble on our second unofficial Second Run episode, following Karel Zeman.
Rob is joined by Graham (Pop Screen) & Aidan (Letterboxd) for a reunion of the Cinema Eclectica podcast. This time we discuss one of the big daddies of the Czech New Wave, Juraj Herz, the sort of films that are the bread and butter of podcast favourites, Second Run.
We kicked off the show by discussing a true day ruiner, The Cremator – a Czech masterpiece and character study so dark it makes most horror movies feel like comedies. Yeah, a real day ruiner, and adjacent to horror and extreme cinema and we give it the full director uncut love-in. Then, we talk about a lesser-seen movie about a vampiric sports car. Yeah, you read that right, a vampire sports car – and that movie is Ferat Vampire. A movie that is subversive, comedic and horrific and all wrapped into one anarchic ball. Fun.
Digging deeper into Juraj Herz, we also talk about his tragic history, how many actors are also Czech or Slovak directors, and just how hard a sell Czech cinema is. On our Patreon, we have Doctor Who reviews, Pop Screen bonus episodes, and unseen Asia reviews. We also had our second edition of (what did you watch) Last Night, director uncut’s sister podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, give it a rating and review it on apple podcasts or Spotify. Go on, it’d mean the world to us.
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