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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is The Legend of 1900 (1998), a magical-realist melodrama about a pianist (Tim Roth) who was born on a big cruise ship and has never left it. He hears about the outer world only as a legend, refusing ever to go ashore, even when the boat is threatened with destruction. Will he go down with the ship? I guess we’ll find out. Director is Giuseppe Tornatore, the Italian auteur working here in his English-language debut; he is better-known for the similarly-whimsical Cinema Paradiso (1988). Currently ranked #240 on IMDB’s Top 250 English-language films of all time.

Next up is Daisies (1966), a Czech surrealist comedy about a pair of ladies who go on a chaotic rampage against conformity. They plan and execute a series of elaborate pranks on the stuffy suits around them in an attempt to prove that they’re true sickos. Hilarity ensues. This is considered the magnum opus of director Vera Chytilova, who is not known for much else; she is a one-hit wonder. One of the highest-rated Czech films on Letterboxd.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

  • The Legend of 1900: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-legend-of-1900/
  • Daisies: https://letterboxd.com/film/daisies/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

  • The Legend of 1900: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/81884
  • Daisies: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/144928

CWs for The Legend of 1900:

  • Stalking.
  • Sexual assault: a man kisses a sleeping teenage girl.
  • Deaths of parents.
  • Vomiting.
  • Spitting.
  • Suicide.
  • Crying baby.
  • Flashing lights.
  • Black character dies first.
  • Hate speech.
  • Sad ending.

CWs for Daisies:

  • Alcohol abuse.
  • Bugs.
  • Cutting of flesh.
  • Amputation.
  • Spitting.
  • Suicide attempt.
  • Misophonia.
  • Claustrophobia.
  • Flashing lights.
  • Age gap.
  • Nudity.
  • Sex.
  • Explosions.

Links to movies:

  • The Legend of 1900: https://tankie.tube/w/jCecZv4VvPgeWVSGSfB21f
  • Daisies: https://tankie.tube/w/1eGB6Fzo2NXoDZccaG9zJY