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The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Opens With A Nostalgic Look Back To The ’90s
The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival opens with a nostalgic look back to the ’90s
This year, however, Bartoška was the main focus of the traditionally baroque opening ceremony, taking us back to 1994 with memories of Nelson Mandela, TV’s Friends, cinema’s Pulp Fiction, and the first iterations of PlayStation and Bluetooth technology. The ensuing dance number was a disappointment, however, seemingly a hasty recap of previous delights that saw a grinning man with a squid’s head and another with a chainsaw stalking a woman through a frantically hoofing cavalcade of women on rollerskates and men in luminous polyester leisurewear. Occasionally dipping into rudimentary Czech, which pleased the crowd no end, Mortensen thanked his co-star Vicky Krieps and also took the time to enthuse about Solly McLeod, an up-and-coming young actor who plays the film’s bad guy.
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