Director Jiří Strach just stares in disbelief at what is happening around current and older Hollywood films! He warns with exaggeration that censorship and criticism could also affect his films – for example, the fairy tale Angel of the Lord!
The list of “problem films” is constantly growing in America. The prestigious Variety magazine has newly included Forrest Gump, Indiana Jones and True Lies among them. Of the recent films, Quentin Tarantino’s Then in Hollywood was added to the list.
According to Strach, some Czech films could theoretically get into trouble – and so are his top ones! ”It’s high time to talk about Czech films. For example, in AP, God is portrayed as white! It’s as disgusting as I could ?! ”the director stuck to himself and his film Angel of the Lord on Twitter.
In his fairy-tale series, the devil Uriáš, performed by the actor Jiří Dvořák, also appears. “Fortunately, a white man also plays him … But the fact is that the Angel calls him a” bucket of dirt, “which could be offensive to someone …” Fears amused.
He also returned to the issue of correctness and censorship in the film in an interview with Novinky. “If the prestigious Variety magazine, which is read by everyone in the industry, begins to compile a list of so-called incorrect films for today, it will include Forrest Gump-type seeds in the list, then I have a feeling that the world has really gone crazy. And not only in our country, “the filmmaker shakes his head.
According to Variety, Forrest Gump is a film conducive to people with AIDS and Vietnam veterans. He is also said to be hostile to activists, protesters and underground culture. In addition, the beloved main character played by Tom Hanks is named after a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
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