This Oscar-nominated film from 1965 offers a subtle and beautifully observed social satire, which maintains a remarkable balance between despair and hope. A Blonde In Love is widely regarded as one of the great films of the ‘60s.
This bittersweet romance from Miloš Forman, the multiple Oscar-winning director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus, unfolds as a sweetly seductive film but also provides a wry critique of life under totalitarianism. Forman is able to distil universal truths from the simplest of situations and present them with a sharp yet compassionate eye.
Aided by Miroslav Ondríček’s wonderful camerawork, and with Ivan Passer (director of Intimate Lighting) as assistant and co-scriptwriter, the pleasures to be gained here are immense.
This new release is digitally re-mastered with newly restored picture and sound and a new and improved English subtitle translation. The DVD is packaged with a 20-page booklet with a new appreciation by writer and film historian Michael Brooke.
Film: A Blonde In Love
Release date: 24th January 2011
Certificate: 15
Running time: 85 mins
Director: Miloš Forman
Starring: Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt, Vladimír Mensík, Ivan Kheil, Jirí Hrubý
Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama
Studio: Second Run
Format: DVD
Country: Czechoslovakia
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