A event held at The Cube on Monday 1st September. The event starts at 20:00.
Dir: Václav Vorlíček, 1966, Czech with English subtitles, 80 mins, Cert : 18 (CTBA)
From the director of Three Wishes for Cinderella, Václav Vorlíček’s Who Wants to Kill Jessie? is a delightfully demented, absurdist 1966 comic fantasy that is unlike anything else in the Czech New Wave - and presages the DC and Marvel comic-book franchises by several decades.
Jessie, a comic book heroine, springs into real life after a scientist invents a serum to banish bad dreams. This inadvertent experiment unleashes chaos as Jessie and her comic book compatriots demand - in speech-bubbles - “Freedom for dreams!”.
Co-written by Miloš Macourek (Happy End), Who Wants to Kill Jessie? is a deliriously off-the-wall gem. Exploding with ingenuity and wild ideas, and intertwining real and pop-fantasy worlds, the film audaciously subverts the fledgling superhero genre into a bold piece of political satire, and a daring defence of the unfettered imagination.
"This film is unique and creative and utterly hilarious... unlike any film that preceded it and way ahead of many similar films that would follow [...] a giddy whirlwind of mayhem and bizarre hijinks"
Film Threat Magazine
Czechtember brings a collection of cult oddities and chilling allegories to the Cube. A chance to dive into the sci-fi dreams, Kafkaesque nightmares, and deadpan black comedy of some of the boldest voices of the Czech New Wave.
Stirring in its capacity for hope against all odds” - VARIETY
Entry requirements: 18+
From the director of Three Wishes for Cinderella, Václav Vorlíček’s Who Wants to Kill Jessie? is a delightfully demented, absurdist 1966 comic fantasy that is unlike anything else in the Czech New Wave - and presages the DC and Marvel comic-book franchises by several decades.
Jessie, a comic book heroine, springs into real life after a scientist invents a serum to banish bad dreams. This inadvertent experiment unleashes chaos as Jessie and her comic book compatriots demand - in speech-bubbles - “Freedom for dreams!”.
Co-written by Miloš Macourek (Happy End), Who Wants to Kill Jessie? is a deliriously off-the-wall gem. Exploding with ingenuity and wild ideas, and intertwining real and pop-fantasy worlds, the film audaciously subverts the fledgling superhero genre into a bold piece of political satire, and a daring defence of the unfettered imagination.
"This film is unique and creative and utterly hilarious... unlike any film that preceded it and way ahead of many similar films that would follow [...] a giddy whirlwind of mayhem and bizarre hijinks"
Film Threat Magazine
Czechtember brings a collection of cult oddities and chilling allegories to the Cube. A chance to dive into the sci-fi dreams, Kafkaesque nightmares, and deadpan black comedy of some of the boldest voices of the Czech New Wave.
Stirring in its capacity for hope against all odds” - VARIETY
Entry requirements: 18+
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