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The Costume-Phantoms of Ester Krumbachová: Revisiting the Archive

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Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd Street New York, NY 10021

Event:

Ester Krumbachová was one of the most original figures in Czechoslovak New Wave cinema, with a prolific career as a writer, director, set designer, and costume designer. She was one of many Czech artists effectively silenced by the communist regime and unofficially banned from Barrandov Film Studios until 1989.

Following the recent successful retrospective of Krumbachová’s work at the Metrograph Cinema, this lecture by Markéta Uhlířová will explore Krumbachová’s unique approach to film costume design, while also considering her thoughts on fashion—a related but distinct area that informed her design process. Uhlířová will consider Krumbachová’s legacy as a filmmaker who put costume and set design at the center of her work, using them to craft striking cinematic imagery, and to simultaneously shape and disrupt narrative.

The lecture will be followed by a screening of Fruit of Paradise, a sensuous and subversive feminist retelling of the Fall of Man, where the “Eden” is reimagined as a seedy resort spa.











When: Tue., Dec. 17, 2024 at 6:30 pm - 9:40 pm

Address:

Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd Street New York, NY 10021

Event:

Ester Krumbachová was one of the most original figures in Czechoslovak New Wave cinema, with a prolific career as a writer, director, set designer, and costume designer. She was one of many Czech artists effectively silenced by the communist regime and unofficially banned from Barrandov Film Studios until 1989.

Following the recent successful retrospective of Krumbachová’s work at the Metrograph Cinema, this lecture by Markéta Uhlířová will explore Krumbachová’s unique approach to film costume design, while also considering her thoughts on fashion—a related but distinct area that informed her design process. Uhlířová will consider Krumbachová’s legacy as a filmmaker who put costume and set design at the center of her work, using them to craft striking cinematic imagery, and to simultaneously shape and disrupt narrative.

The lecture will be followed by a screening of Fruit of Paradise, a sensuous and subversive feminist retelling of the Fall of Man, where the “Eden” is reimagined as a seedy resort spa.

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