O slavnosti a hostech . A Report on the Party and the Guests
A political thriller that satirizes unquestioning conformism. A group of happy picnickers are accosted by a group of strangers led by a bullying sadist who has an unbreakable hold over his followers. After he interrogates one of them, a stranger then invites everyone to a nonsensical, but elegant an...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Czech |
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Czechoslovakia
1966
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:61876b88-bc4f-4426-bee6-0fab6944e82e |
| Summary: | A political thriller that satirizes unquestioning conformism. A group of happy picnickers are accosted by a group of strangers led by a bullying sadist who has an unbreakable hold over his followers. After he interrogates one of them, a stranger then invites everyone to a nonsensical, but elegant and formal banquet outdoors. Nemec documents the process of self-deception and rationalization which lead to the acceptance of constraint; free will and freedom are seen as difficult to maintain and easily discarded. The affair is bizarre, and ends when one of the guests chooses not to remain and escapes. His companions agree that he must be recaptured, and the group arms and hunts him down. The film concludes with the nightmarish barking of search dogs. |
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| Published: | 1966 |