{"product_id":"5060114151451-ear","title":"The Ear (Ucho)","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePRODUCT DESCRIPTION \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Karel Kachyna's remarkable The Ear, a Communist Party official and his wife find their home under surveillance and riddled with listening devices planted by his own bureau, and a harrowing night of dread and paranoia ensues\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most courageous and innovative films of its time, fearlessly referring to many taboo subjects of the Stalinist era, The Ear was banned by the Czech authorities, and remained unseen for twenty years. This landmark film is an extraordinary mix of one of the most direct indictments of life under an oppressive totalitarian system and a not-so-private examination of a disintegrating marital relationship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * The Ear (Ucho, 1970) presented from a brand new restoration of the film from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive\u003cbr\u003e * A filmed introduction to the film by writer and critic Peter Hames\u003cbr\u003e * The Projection Booth commentary with Mike White, Ben Buckingham and Martin Kessler\u003cbr\u003e * The Uninvited Guest (Nezvaný host, 1969): a short film by Vlastimil Venclík\u003cbr\u003e * Booklet featuring writing on the film by Peter Hames, author and producer Steven Jay Schneider and journalist and critic Graham Williamson\u003cbr\u003e * New and improved English subtitle translation\u003cbr\u003e * Region free Blu-ray (A\/B\/C)\u003cbr\u003e * Original soundtrack in 2.0 Dual Mono 16-bit LPCM audio\u003cbr\u003e * World premiere on Blu-ray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e REVIEW \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA boldfaced, haunting satire in the vein of Juraj Herz s wicked, legendary The Cremator, Karel Kachyna s Czech New Wave classic is as arresting as early Cassavetes and as paranoid as The Conversation, which came four years later\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Ucla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy far the best of the Czech movies banned when Dub ek was toppled in 1969. the bitterest and most scathing account of what it takes to get ahead in a Communist bureaucracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Time Out\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most politically incendiary films to emerge from the Czechoslovak New Wave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--East European Film Bulletin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31621922848865,"sku":"5060114151451","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/orig_7672674_1205746_jpg.jpg?v=1706800978","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/5060114151451-ear","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}