Vít Soukup - Red Yard

AUTHORSHIP

Equal co-authorship: Vít Soukup

CLASSIFICATION

Classification: film/videoart

DATES

Date of creation: 2001

SUBJECT

Other persons appearing in the film: Roman Kárník, Vít Soukup, Jan Materna

COLLABORATORS AND PARTICIPANTS

Other collaborators: Jan Mahr, Kakalík (David Kalika)

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Duration: 00:09:36
Sound: Sound

EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

Compilation containing the work: Vít Soukup: Everything!, 2012
Attachment included with work’s publication: booklet CZ/EN

NOTES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Notes: Included in the compilation Vít Soukup: Everything! Films and Theater Performances 1993–2003 (edited by T. Nekvindová, S. Sobotovičová) - published in 2012 by the Research Centre of Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (VVP AVU) in cooperation with Divus.

Screenplay: Vít Soukup, Jan Materna
Directed by: Vít Soukup

Adopted text on the work: A fatalistic ballad about love for alcohol and how there is a place in heaven for each of us. The protagonist heads home from the Red Yard detox center. He knows that he is risking death, but does not hesitate to eagerly bring it on. A banal story, filmed in a red tone and featuring poetic images of nature and close-ups of flowers and clouds: the dark side of the soul is in direct contact with the circle of life. The sentimental mood is underscored by the soundtrack: Michael Nyman’s The Heart Asks Pleasure First from The Piano and Heaven for Everyone by Queen.
Source of text: Edice VIDA 3, VVP AVU, 2012
Author of text: Terezie Nekvindová, Sláva Sobotovičová
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INFORMATION IN PARTNER DATABASES

Artlist #1: Record at Artlist