Category: Satire

• The Firemen’s Ball (1967)

  September 19, 2019

  1960s, Comedy, Czech Cinema, Political, Satire

  I picked up a copy of The Firemen’s Ball (1967) last year on a whim, which is a recently restored print, purchased maybe after the passing of director Milos Forman and realising I’d not seen any of his pre-America films made in his home country of Czechoslovakia. This 71-minute film about a chaotic ball organised… Read.

• Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

  September 19, 2019

  1970s, Crime, Italian Cinema, Political, Satire

  Recommended to me by Lindsay Hallam, Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970; Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) has a classic theme score by Ennio Morricone, which adds to the film’s unusual tone. Better known as the bad guy from A Fistful Of Dollars and A Few More Dollars More,… Read.