Dusan Hanák – Papierove hlavy AKA Paper Heads (1996)
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This film is an emotional collage about violations of human rights and about the relation between the power of a totalitarian system and its citizens. After the Second World War, The Soviet empire was extended into the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It had promised “paradise on earth,” but in practice it wiped out all elements of democracy, introduced a government of terror and destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
My film is not just a review of the past: it depicts the desire of people to live in a fairer world. In 1989 the communist regime collapsed, and many nations are now once more looking for a way to democracy. This is a painful process full of contradictions. In my opinion, we have not yet managed to come to terms with our past, even though many signs of this past are still present in our everyday lives.
At both the beginning and end of the film, we see Slovak citizens gathered at an event celebrating May Day 1990. They are laughing at people standing on a red platform wearing “paper heads.” On another two levels, archives of propaganda are intercut with subjective testimonies of victims of the totalitarian system. In the end, we learn that the struggle for democracy is not yet won.
Dusan Hanak - (1996) Paper Heads.mkv General Container: Matroska Runtime: 1 h 39 min Size: 1.98 GiB Video Codec: x264 Resolution: 784x576 Aspect ratio: 4:3 Frame rate: 24.000 fps Bit rate: 2 650 kb/s BPP: 0.244 Audio #1: Slovak 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s
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Language(s):Slovak
Subtitles:English
