I finally watched Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966) last night! Crazy Czech New Wave, where have you been all my life? It's a film that cannot be categorized...but if I were to try: a Surrealist masterwork with all the decadence of Kenneth Anger crossed with the experimental visuals of Brakhage and the goofy-giggly antics of Godard all wrapped up into a beautiful film about two chicks gettin' free by "going bad." Apparently the film was banned by the Czech Parliament because too much food - "the fruit of the work of our toiling farmers" is destroyed in the film. Chytilova is my new hero. Read an interview here. See this movie as soon as you can get your paws on it. Die, Die, Die:
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