1963 · drama · experimental
Something Different
Directed by Věra Chytilová1h 25m1963
In her first feature, Věra Chytilová uses a combination of documentary and fiction film techniques to tell two stories in counterpoint. The first follows Olympic champion gymnast Eva Bosáková, who contemplates retirement as she undergoes a gruelling training schedule; the second, a housewife who is unappreciated and ignored by her husband.
Our read: Something Different (1963) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · experimental entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / experimental, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intimate
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