videozor wrote:By the way, I would highly appreciate if you can post a link where this Czech poll is posted - I’m searching Internet for it for some pretty while, but in vain...
My original link no longer works, so the site I got it from may have been taken down.
But the good news is that I preserved a copy at the time - it needs a bit of formatting, and I might as well make it English-friendly (my original source was entirely in Czech), but this was the top thirty (of 100):
1. Marketa Lazarová (František Vláčil, 1967)
2.
The Shop on the High Street (
Obchod na korze, Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos, 1965)
3.
All My Good Countrymen (
Všichni dobří rodáci, Vojtěch Jasný, 1968)
4.
The Firemen's Ball (
Hoří, má panenko, Miloš Forman, 1967)
5. Intimate Lighting (Intimní osvětlení, Ivan Passer, 1965)
6.
Distant Journey (
Daleká cesta, Alfréd Radok, 1949)
7. Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci, Jan Němec, 1964)
8.
Closely Observed Trains (
Ostře sledované vlaky, Jiří Menzel, 1966)
8. The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol, Juraj Herz, 1968)
9.
A Case for the Young Hangman (
Případ pro začínajícího kata, Pavel Juráček, 1969)
10. The Ear (Ucho, Karel Kachyňa, 1970)
11. Daisies (Sedmikrásky, Věra Chytilová, 1967)
12. A Blonde in Love (Lásky jedné plavovlásky, Miloš Forman, 1965)
12. The Party and the Guests (O slavnosti a hostech, Jan Němec, 1965)
13.
The Invention of Destruction (
Vynález zkázy, Karel Zeman, 1958)
14.
The Deserter and the Nomads (
Zbehovia a pútnici, Juraj Jakubisko, 1968)
15.
Black Peter (
Černý Petr, Miloš Forman, 1963)
16.
Birds, Orphans and Fools (
Vtáčkovia, siroty a blázni, Juraj Jakubisko, 1969)
17.
Pictures of the Old World (
Obrazy starého sveta, Dušan Hanák, 1972)
18.
Capricious Summer (
Rozmarné léto, Jiří Menzel, 1967)
19. Larks on a String (Skřivánci na niti, Jiří Menzel, 1969)
21.
322 (Dušan Hanák, 1969)
22.
Coach to Vienna (
Kočár do Vídně, Karel Kachyňa, 1966)
23.
Return of the Prodigal Son (
Návrat ztraceného syna, Evald Schorm, 1966)
23.
Old Czech Legends (
Staré pověsti české, Jiří Trnka, 1952)
24. Adelheid (František Vláčil, 1969)
24.
The Sun in a Net (
Slnko v sieti, Štefan Uher, 1962)
25.
The Elementary School (
Obecná škola, Jan Svěrák, 1991)
26.
The Joke (
Žert, Jaromil Jireš, 1968)
27.
Ecstasy (
Extase, Gustav Machatý, 1933)
27.
Prefab Story (
Panelstory aneb Jak se rodí sídliště, Věra Chytilová, 1979)
27.
Romance for Bugle (
Romance po křídlovku, Otakar Vávra, 1966)
28. Valley of the Bees (Údolí včel, František Vláčil, 1967)
29.
Funeral Ceremony (
Smuteční slavnost, Zdeněk Sirový, 1969)
30.
Lemonade Joe (
Limonádový Joe, Oldřich Lipský, 1964)
30.
Joseph Kilian (
Postava k podpírání, Pavel Juráček, Jan Schmidt, 1963)
Actually, it's the top thirty-seven, as a number of positions were tied.
I'll extend the list when I get a moment - and I've bolded out Second Run releases. Most of the other top ten titles are also available with English subtitles - Criterion has
The Shop on the High Street,
The Firemen's Ball and
Closely Observed Trains (Arrow also does the latter two), Facets has
All My Good Countrymen and
Distant Journey, and I think the only one that's unavailable with English subtitles is
A Case for the Young Hangman, but I'd loved to be proved wrong.