{"id":5828,"date":"2008-08-15T09:36:14","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T16:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5828"},"modified":"2024-04-24T13:04:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:04:05","slug":"loves-of-a-blonde-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5828","title":{"rendered":"Loves of a Blonde (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;And you &#8212; you look like a guitar, too, but one painted by Picasso.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Loves-of-a-Blonde-Poster2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Loves-of-a-Blonde-Poster2-211x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-57789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Loves-of-a-Blonde-Poster2-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Loves-of-a-Blonde-Poster2-719x1024.png 719w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Loves-of-a-Blonde-Poster2-90x128.png 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Loves-of-a-Blonde-Poster2-768x1094.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Loves-of-a-Blonde-Poster2-189x270.png 189w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Loves-of-a-Blonde-Poster2.png 779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA young factory worker (Hana Brejchova) in Soviet-controlled Czechoslovakia sleeps with a sweet-talking musician (Vladimir Pucholt) at a company dance, then upsets his parents (Milada Jezkova and Josef Sebanek) the next weekend with a surprise visit.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Eastern European Films<\/li>\n<li>Milos Forman Films<\/li>\n<li>Womanizers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nMilos Forman&#8217;s second feature film is, along with its companion piece (1967&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93497\"><em>The Firemen&#8217;s Ball<\/em><\/a>), proof of his uniquely satirical brand of Czechoslovakian humor. While we can&#8217;t help feeling sorry for the dull, overly supervised lives Brejchova and her co-workers lead, it&#8217;s impossible not to laugh as Forman sets up scene after scene of darkly comedic devastation. Indeed, Forman is able to mine unexpected humor from the bleakest of corners: even as we watch Brejchova being seduced by someone who clearly has no intention of following through on any of his passion-driven commitments, we know that Pucholt will somehow be made to pay for his womanizing ways. The meticulously edited and scored opening dance sequence &#8212; in which a trio of sorry soldiers make a bungled attempt to buy the attentions of Brejchova and her friends &#8212; is by far the funniest; from there, the situation becomes increasingly dire, with the denouement at Pucholt&#8217;s house particularly harsh. Yet while <em>Loves of a Blonde<\/em> is undeniably difficult to watch at times, it&#8217;s equally impossible to turn away from. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The hilarious opening dance sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/loves-blonde-dance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/loves-blonde-dance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5830\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Miroslav Ondracek&#8217;s black-and-white cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/loves-blonde-editing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/loves-blonde-editing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5831\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Forman&#8217;s partly improvised script<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a most satisfying and original film. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059415\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/lovesblonde.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s414czech.html\">DVD Savant Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/index.php?page=review&#038;id=497\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;And you &#8212; you look like a guitar, too, but one painted by Picasso.&#8221; Synopsis: A young factory worker (Hana Brejchova) in Soviet-controlled Czechoslovakia sleeps with a sweet-talking musician (Vladimir Pucholt) at a company dance, then upsets his parents (Milada Jezkova and Josef Sebanek) the next weekend with a surprise visit. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black Comedy Eastern European Films Milos Forman Films Womanizers Review: Milos Forman&#8217;s second feature film is, along with its companion piece (1967&#8217;s The Firemen&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5828\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5828"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96033,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5828\/revisions\/96033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}