{"id":93497,"date":"2023-11-26T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93497"},"modified":"2023-11-26T10:59:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T17:59:49","slug":"firemens-ball-the-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93497","title":{"rendered":"Firemen&#8217;s Ball, The (1967)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We want the beauty queen! We want the beauty queen!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Poster-219x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-93498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Poster-219x300.png 219w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Poster-93x128.png 93w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Poster-197x270.png 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Poster.png 699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAt a small town Czechoslovakian celebration meant to honor a retiring fireman with cancer, absolutely nothing goes as expected.\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>Beauty Contests<\/li>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Eastern European Films<\/li>\n<li>Living Nightmare<\/li>\n<li>Milos Forman Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this film &#8212; &#8220;the last movie [Milos Forman] made in his native Czechoslovakia&#8221; &#8212; is &#8220;somewhat reminiscent of <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1356\">Bunuel&#8217;s <em>The Exterminating Angel<\/em><\/a>, in which bourgeois party guests can&#8217;t get home &#8212; [only] here the party guests stick around to commit mean acts or have them perpetrated on them.&#8221; When &#8220;firemen decide to throw a ball to honor their retired chief&#8221; because &#8220;it will be good for their own image&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Planning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Planning.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Planning.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Planning-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Planning-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Planning-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Planning-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;everything goes wrong: the leering, dirty old firemen decide to hold a beauty contest, but only ugly girls enter&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Girls.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Girls.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Girls.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Girls-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Girls-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Girls-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Girls-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;the firemen are late to a fire that burns down an old man&#8217;s house&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Fire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Fire.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Fire.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Fire-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Fire-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Fire-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Fire-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;people steal the raffle prizes meant to benefit the old man&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Stolen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Stolen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Stolen.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Stolen-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Stolen-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Stolen-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Stolen-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;a respected fireman is caught red-handed with stolen meat;&#8221; and &#8220;the ex-chief&#8217;s gift disappears.&#8221; Peary argues that the &#8220;laughter comes from watching self-serving people try to show off their &#8216;generosity, benevolence, [and] solidarity&#8217;,&#8221; but he argues that &#8220;cruelty often overwhelms the humor.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>To be honest, Peary&#8217;s review weirdly misses the point of this 72-minute satire, which is clearly a direct allegory for the corruption of the Czech government, pre-Prague Spring. Nothing taking place here is kind, respectful, or even logical &#8212; presumably because nothing about how the government was being run at the time felt humanistic or made sense. The country was metaphorically burning down, and even its designated &#8220;firemen&#8221; weren&#8217;t able to save it. Thankfully, Forman got out, came to America, and started his own career anew; this remains a potent cinematic artifact of why that was necessary (at the time).  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Numerous surreally outlandish moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its historical relevance as Forman&#8217;s final film before leaving Czechoslovakia, and for its Oscar nomination. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0061781\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-firemens-ball\/review\/2000031688\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s414czech.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/74969\/the-firemens-ball#articles-reviews?articleId=448251\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We want the beauty queen! 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