Jiří Suchý - Lehce s životem se prát
Directed by:
Olga SommerováScreenplay:
Olga SommerováCinematography:
Olga Malířová ŠpátováCast:
Jiří Suchý, Jitka Molavcová, Miloš Forman (a.f.), Josef Zíma (a.f.), Waldemar Matuška (a.f.), Ondřej Suchý, Jiří Šlitr (a.f.), Pavlína Filipovská (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
Jiří Suchý – theatre personality, musician, poet, writer, graphic artist, collector, and self-professed clown who is eternally young in spirit – has been one of the key figures of the domestic cultural scene over the last six decades. He has put on 97 plays at the Semafor theatre and has written the lyrics for 1,400 songs and the music for 500. Today, in an era beset by an onslaught of images that are often of questionable worth, this legendary figure’s tireless efforts to enrich the Czech language and its poetic nuances have been of inestimable value. Olga Sommerová lays before us Suchý’s prolific creative and civic journey through life with her customary subtle distinctiveness, demonstrating her singular flair for capturing exceptional moments. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
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Jiří Suchý will soon celebrate his 90th birthday. I don’t see a strong reason for this new documentary. Once again, Sommerová just edited many times notorious clips that have been edited before, and had a few new commentaries play over them, of course from people who have been telling the same information all their lives. Perhaps if Sommerová had addressed the last 20 years more, she could have brought us something new. But she just trivialized the already trivialized.
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Audiences will be grateful for this portrait devoted to the work of Jiří Suchý. The film consists mainly of his storytelling and recollection, and of numerous examples of his work, from older things, which he created together with Jiří Šlitr, to more recent works. Suchý's information-filled summary of his more than sixty-year musical, singing and song writing career includes the relevant period context, a large number of archival records and newly recorded material, in which Jiří Suchý, despite his age, is presented as a constantly witty and still unprecedentedly creative and hard-working nimbler who maintains a good mood and has a clear mind, which only strengthens admiration for him. The film deliberately omits very basic facts, and therefore the ideal viewers are those who already know Jiří Suchý and at least some of his songs, like him and want to learn more about him.
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I feel like I spent an evening in the company of Jiri Suchý, who looked back on his life with a twinkle in his eye, wit on his tongue, and a wise peace of mind, telling me everything I've read or heard about in person, and I listened to him without moving, interrupted only and at the most by laughter. It's a quite wonderful feeling.
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