95 Fruit of Paradise

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criterionsnob
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95 Fruit of Paradise

#1 Post by criterionsnob » Fri Feb 06, 2015 2:35 pm

More Vera Chytilová on April 13th from Second Run!

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Re: Fruit of Paradise

#2 Post by swo17 » Fri Feb 06, 2015 2:51 pm

Great news! This movie is, let's say, bananas.

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Re: Fruit of Paradise

#3 Post by charal » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:26 pm

According to details on the Amazon listing this DVD will include her 1961 short CEILING which is a substantial extra at over 40 minutes in length (longer than KILIAN).

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Re: Fruit of Paradise

#4 Post by swo17 » Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:28 pm

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Bikey
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Re: Fruit of Paradise

#6 Post by Bikey » Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:59 am

Full details of our release now up at our website

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#7 Post by Bikey » Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:26 am

Two for the price of one!
Jeff Heinrich reviews both FRUIT OF PARADISE and PICTURES OF THE OLD WORLD.

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Re: Fruit of Paradise

#8 Post by Bikey » Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:36 am

FRUIT OF PARADISE IS OUT TODAY!
"Chytilová's avant garde masterpiece... a monumental visual and philosophical odyssey that is bewitching from first frame to last"
A new 5-star review from CineVue

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#9 Post by Bikey » Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:29 am

The People's Movies by Ian Schultz

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Re: Fruit of Paradise

#10 Post by Bikey » Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:27 am

"Wonderfully bonkers... utterly, beautifully, oneirically Czech... This is a liberating film to watch and to be challenged by; it also contains some right royal visual headfracks"
Colin Dibben reviews at Close-Up Film

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Re: Fruit of Paradise

#12 Post by Bikey » Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:52 pm

"Fruit of Paradise is the most complex, rich, ambitious and haunting of her films that have been released in Britain. Better than Daisies? I don’t say it lightly, but it might just be true"
The Geek Show review FRUIT OF PARADISE

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#14 Post by Bikey » Fri May 01, 2015 5:26 am

"Extraordinary and richly imaginative experimental update of the Adam and Eve story... The film is consistently arresting in its visual experimentation, but as an audio-visual experience it's intermittently mind-blowing... you should consider Fruit of Paradise essential viewing"
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#16 Post by Bikey » Fri May 22, 2015 12:57 pm

"An astonishingly rich and inventive piece of work... There is nothing quite like it... It might well be my favourite Czech film"
The brilliant Cinema Eclectica rave about Chytilova's FRUIT OF PARADISE
(at c. 29 mins in).

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#17 Post by perkypat » Sat Jun 20, 2015 7:35 am

Just seen this in the cinema, its a wild ride, not sure Ive ever seen anything quite like it. Apart from the stunning visuals, what impressed me the most was the incredible score by Zdenek Liska. Repeated viewings are essential to tease out all the goodies in here, though.

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Re: Fruit of Paradise

#18 Post by Bikey » Wed Jan 13, 2016 7:29 am

Two shout-out's for Chytilova's sublime FRUIT OF PARADISE in Sight & Sound's 'Best DVDs and Blu-rays of 2015' poll.

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