85 Birds, Orphans and Fools

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MichaelB · #1 Post by **MichaelB** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:29 am

Juraj Jakubisko's 1969 film confirmed as an upcoming Second Run DVD in their latest newsletter, as part of their Slovak collection.

More details when I get them.

charal · #2 Post by **charal** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:37 pm

I wonder if Jakubisko's earlier film CHRISTS YEAR'S / PRIME OF LIFE (a film remastered for the Slovak Institute box set) will also be slated for a SR release.

Bikey · #3 Post by **Bikey** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 4:30 pm

Screening TONIGHT at 8.40pm at Riverside Studios Hammermith!

charal · #4 Post by **charal** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:19 pm

Amazon preorder for June 23 (same day as Robbe-Grillet).

antnield · #5 Post by **antnield** » Wed May 28, 2014 5:46 pm

MichaelB · #6 Post by **MichaelB** » Wed May 28, 2014 6:33 pm

Superb! That's one of their best in ages, and it sums up the film as well as any single image can.

Bikey · #7 Post by **Bikey** » Wed May 28, 2014 7:00 pm

Thanks Michael

Kauno · #8 Post by **Kauno** » Wed May 28, 2014 7:06 pm

No one would leave knives, guns or axes on the tree.

MichaelB · #9 Post by **MichaelB** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:41 pm

What an astonishing rediscovery Juraj Jakubisko’s Birds, Orphans and Fools is!

(The Arts Desk)

Bikey · #10 Post by **Bikey** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 11:36 am

"Filled with dazzling, hallucinatory images but suppressed until the Velvet Revolution unlocked the vaults, this is another extraordinary rediscovery of Slovak cinema"

MovieMail by Michael Brooke

Bikey · #11 Post by **Bikey** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:19 pm

Full details now up at our website

feihong · #12 Post by **feihong** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 6:27 am

I'm getting excited about this one! The Slovakian disc is non-anamorphic, so the upgrade will probably be quite worth it. this movie left quite an impression on me both times I have watched it.

Bikey · #13 Post by **Bikey** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:02 am

Reviewed by David Jenkins in the latest Little White Lies

Bikey · #14 Post by **Bikey** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:31 pm

BIRDS, ORPHANS AND FOOLS is out today!!

Bikey · #15 Post by **Bikey** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:28 pm

Backseat Mafia review

Bikey · #16 Post by **Bikey** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:50 am

"Instantly sweeps the audience along with a liberated camera that plunges joyfully into the film’s carnivalesque world... Invites comparison with French New Wave masterpieces: its ménage à trois recalls Truffaut’s Jules and Jim (1962), but its stylistic virtuosity and affinity for youth culture makes it closer in spirit to Godard’s Breathless (1960). Jakubisko has a talent all his own when it comes to integrating the contemporary hippie zeitgeist into the traditional Slovak countryside"

Electric Sheep

Bikey · #17 Post by **Bikey** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 2:10 pm

"Everywhere is the centre of the universe, and that is the essence of cinema like Birds, Orphans and Fools; and why it must be rediscovered"

CineVue

Bikey · #18 Post by **Bikey** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 5:57 pm

"It's one of the unsung great movies of counter-culture cinema, and a great piece of revolutionary film-making. Essential viewing"

Strange Things Are Happening

#19 Post by **domino harvey** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 5:59 pm

feihong wrote:I'm getting excited about this one! The Slovakian disc is non-anamorphic, so the upgrade will probably be quite worth it. this movie left quite an impression on me both times I have watched it.

That's good to know. I hadn't bothered with this new edition since I still had the unwatched Slovak disc, but that changes things!

Bikey · #20 Post by **Bikey** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:05 pm

Cinehouse

Bikey · #21 Post by **Bikey** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:13 am

At FilmIdee (in Italian)

Bikey · #22 Post by **Bikey** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:09 pm

"A still intoxicating bolt of New Wave energy... a chaotic mesh of dream logic and playful subversion accomplished with a feel of documentary riskiness... A luscious restored print"

Reviewed by Charlie Fox in the latest Sight & Sound

Bikey · #23 Post by **Bikey** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:04 am

"Recommended for anyone with a taste for volatile, adventurous cinema in its purest form"

Mondo Digital

charal · #24 Post by **charal** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:38 pm

There is currently a 14 minute edit of highlights from DESERTERS AND NOMADS on YouTube. It looks like restored high def from TV. The colours are breathtaking. Just search under "zbehovia a putnici." Has this been restored?

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