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Paper Heads (Papierove Hlavy)
Slovakia (1996)
About the film
Paper Heads refers to a satirical May 1 celebration in which people
parade with paper masks that mock Communist leaders. The movie is a
vivid documentary meditation on the meaning of tyranny in Czechoslovakia
between World War II and the revolution in 1989, interwoven with the
personal experiences of Dusan Hanak, a top Slovak director since the
early 70s. A highly interpretive, passionate, and sometimes savagely
funny documentary, the result is a kind of central European "The
Sorrow and the Pity," using previously unseen archive material to
evoke a vanished era. In the wake of the Velvet Revolution, many bitter
personal stories emerged. Where the issue of freedom is concerned, this
is one of the most emblematic films in the history of the festival.
Director's filmography
Dusan Hanak, one of the most important Slovak directors, studied in the
sixties at the FAMU in Prague. He made his debut with 322 and has
since realized many short and seven feature films. Filmography: 322
(1969); Pictures of the Old World (1972)
Tinted Dreams (Ruzove sny, 1976) I Love, You Love
(Ja milujem, ty milujes, 1980) Silent Pleasure (Ticha
radost, 1985) Private Lives (Sukromne zivoty, 1990)
and Paper Heads (1996), which won a Special Prize of the
Jury at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and a Golden Spire at the San
Francisco International Film Festival.
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94 min., color, 35mm
Slovak with English subtitles
Director: Dusan Hanak
Screenplay: Dusan Hanak
Dir. of photography: Alojz Hanusek
Sound: Igor Vrabec, Pavol-Jan Jasovsky
Editor: Patrik Pass, Alena Patoprsta
Producer: Marian Urban, Philippe Awril, Maya Simon
Production: Alef Studio
Contact: Alef Film and Media Group
Tekovská 7
821 09 Bratislava, Slovakia
vox: 421 7 4445 85 11
fax: 421 7 4445 85 10
email: unfilm@reinside.sk
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