Digitally remastered with full audio restoration The Ear is a story about paranoia and how it can turn the closest of people against each other. Banned by the Czech authorities in 1970 the film didn't resurface until the Velvet Revolution in 1989. The director Karel Kachyna was posthumously nominated for the Cannes Golden Palm Award upon the film's revival.
A nightmarish (first hand) account of totalitarianism in 1960s Czechoslavakia, The Ear is often an unpleasant watch. And ultimately a rewarding one.
A deputy minister in the Party and his wife return home from a dinner with "the Comrade" and find their house unlocked, strange cars parked outside and strange men snooping around in the garden. His close associates, the minister to which he deputies and a number of his friends have gone missing - arrested - and the house's electricity is cut off. The phone too.
From this point things get worse and the couple's paranoia grows - with it the audience's.
The director employs a great deal of photographic skill, often innovatively, and manages to create a apined atmosphere. The film is great. And this DVD also features a scholarly yet easy to follow introduction (discussing mainly the context in which the film was made and has been viewed) and essay.
I got alot from this DVD package.
We will publish your review of The Ear [1970] on DVD within a few days as long as it meets our guidelines.
None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.
Banned by the Czech authorities in 1970 and not re-released until the Velvet Revolution in 1989, this is a story about paranoia and how it can turn the closest of people against each other. The director, Karel Kachyna, was posthumously nominated for the Cannes Golden Palm Award upon the film's revival.
This site uses cookies.
More details in our privacy policy
