Great list, Gregory. Lots I've never seen and some I've been trying to see for decades. For wht it's worth, I'll heartily second the following
Gregory wrote:A Walerian Borowczyk/Jan Lenica shorts collection
Well overdue.
Anything currently unavailable by Vera Chytilová
Juraj Jakubisko
Zbehovia a pútnÃci (The Deserters and the Nomads) Czechoslovakia, 1968
Vtáckovia, siroty a blázni (Birds, Orphans, and Fools) Czechoslovakia/France, 1969
The Czech New Wave films available in decent subtitled editions tend to the straighter, social realist side of things, but it could get pretty wild. The forthcoming
Cremator will start to redress the balance, but by all means keep it coming.
Deserter and the Nomads has been near the top of my list of must-see films for far too long. . .
Andrzej Munk
Pasazerka (The Passenger) Poland, 1963
. . . though it's been well outlasted by this unfinished film. A classic example of a film that was once an acknowledged international masterpiece (up there with
Ashes and Diamonds) but which has sunk into obscurity through sheer neglect.
Jan Nemec O slavnosti a hostech (Report on the Party and the Guests) Czechoslovakia, 1966
Demany noci (Diamonds of the Night) Czechoslovakia, 1964
Plus I'll second the later suggestion of Schorm's
Return of the Prodigal Son - a great Antonioniesque film - and add in Stepan Skalsky's excellent, low-key runaway-kid drama
The Flight/ The Escape.
Sergei Paradjanov Tini zabutykh predkov (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors) USSR, 1965
What exactly is the delay with releasing this psychedelic folktale? There are excellent source materials around, and it's so visually dazzling that it would surely be a doddle to market. Isn't Scorsese already on the bandwagon? I'd also be very curious to see any of Paradzhanov's earlier features. Has anybody seen one?
Andrzej Wajda
Czlowiek z zelaza (Man of Iron) Poland, 1981
Niewinni czarodzieje (Innocent Sorcerers) Poland, 1960 ... or almost anything else unavailable would be great to see.
Another no-brainer.