From Easter egg decorators to kitsch artists: employing unconventional means (such as commentary texts, singing and fictional etudes), Karel Vachek's final student film is a humorous but aggressive documentary essay. It transforms the Strážnice-based folklore festival into a bizarre, almost surreal stage production, to expose the tragic truth behind an event supported by the Culture Party that had little to do with authentic folklore. Its subversive depiction was met with heavy criticism at the time. Today, the film is regarded as an astute commentary on the manipulation of culture by those in political power.
From Easter egg decorators to kitsch artists: employing unconventional means (such as commentary texts, singing and fictional etudes), Karel Vachek's final student film is a humorous but aggressive documentary essay. It transforms the Strážnice-based folklore festival into a bizarre, almost surreal stage production, to expose the tragic truth behind an event supported by the Culture Party that had little to do with authentic folklore. Its subversive depiction was met with heavy criticism at the time. Today, the film is regarded as an astute commentary on the manipulation of culture by those in political power.
