A collage of influences, spoken sentences, deeds, traces, and appearances of the Brno poet and prose writer Jan Skácel. Contemporary cultural figures regard the author as a social and cultural phenomenon. The directors of this documentary, on the other hand, decided to treat Jan Skácel as a subject of literary and social history, whose role in the cluster of regime and cultural events is unwavering and often – nowadays – glorified or otherwise embellished. In the film, they attempt to distance themselves from the established ideas about Jan Skácel and, at the same time, from past interpretations of Jan Skácel’s work. Instead, they interpret him through their own series of images.
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Kateřina Dudová Director · Michael Jiřinec Director Eva Pospíšilová Screenplay
First release February 9, 2022 · Produced in Czechia · Original title Hledání Jana Skácela
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Česká televize
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Czechia
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Original title
Hledání Jana Skácela
Original language
Czech
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Czech
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Czechia · February 9, 2022
TV · ČT art
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