Irena Pavlásková – Fotograf (2015)
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This acerbic biographical comedy subtitled “I Think You Should Calm Down, Ladies…!” is loosely inspired by the life of renowned photographer and celebrity Jan Saudek, outstandingly portrayed by Karel Roden. The film, appealing in its theme and treatment, focuses on the maestro’s relationships with women, specifically the devoted Líba, who enjoys subtle yet complete control over Jan (her character is undeniably inspired by his former partner Sára Saudková). In addition to numerous indelicate scenes, the brief flashbacks also reveal Jan’s ill-fated past (conflicts with the police and state security agents, a nightmare from his childhood), and there’s also room for staging Saudek’s famous photographic nudes, for which the models were usually morbidly obese. Pavlásková also exposes the artist’s quirky personality, where exhibitionism and vanity go hand in hand with Saudek’s fragility and male naivety, and his desire to extricate himself from his private solitude.
http://nitroflare.com/view/CAD253D094E307F/Irena_Pavlaskova_-_%282015%29_Fotograf.mkv
Language(s):Czech
Subtitles:English
Have to check this out, after having seen that very good documentary on him. [Which I think must have been this one — http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1306983/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_2 — previously covered in this blog (?)] Thanks.