Article: Trainspotting behind the Iron Curtain AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DVDs

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 ...

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