Připravil Ian Willoughby.
Natočeno 2020. Premiéra 23. 7. 2020 (ČRo Radio Prague International, 5 min.).
Lit.: Willoughby, Ian: CzechMate: Epic Czechoslovak New Wave documentary gets Blu-ray release. In web ČRo Radio Prague International, 23. 7. 2020 (článek + nahrávka k poslechu). – Cit.: CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel is the title of an epic documentary recently released on Blu-ray by the UK’s Second Run DVD. Director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s self-financed project was sparked by his love for one Menzel film and grew into a unique, 448-minute portrait of the Czechoslovak New Wave. I discussed it with Mehelli Modi of Second Run, a large part of whose catalogue comprises lovingly curated classic Czechoslovak films.
Could you please tell us about the genesis of this project? It sounds so incredible.
“[Laughs] It is – it’s a one of a kind.
“First of all, I don’t know personally of anyone else who would have done what Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, an Indian filmmaker, did: Eight years making a film which is now almost eight hours long, with his own money, travelling all over to speak to the artists whose films he’d seen, convincing them to be interviewed. (…)