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Article: Trainspotting behind the Iron Curtain AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DVDs
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- September 21, 2008
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NO.26 CZECHOSLOVAKIA CLOSELY OBSERVED TRAINS
Director: Jiri Menzel (Arrow, 1966)
OUR ongoing movie world tour, you'll have noticed, doesn't just
travel through geographical space; it also travels back through
time. That's why this week we're able to stop off in a country that
technically hasn't existed since January 1, 1993. After
Czechoslovakia's peaceful division into the Czech Republic and
Slovakia, the cinematic scales tipped in favour of the former, as
the Czech industry rallied in the post-Communist era on three
fronts: Karlovy Vary now hosts the most prestigious film festival in
Eastern Europe; Prague became a key production centre for Hollywood
movies made abroad; and its own film ...