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Knoflíkáři is a film that was the first major effort after the revolution in 1989, and according to critics, it was also very successful. Black humor and sarcasm combined with satire is his own, and thus he managed to win a lot of viewers.
Brief plot
For those who have never heard of the Button Makers, here is some information that everyone should know. It is a film composed of several short stories. Different times, different places, but still connected. Even if the result is a color film, enthusiasts will also enjoy a black-and-white short story that gives the story a chilling undertone.
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The film was shot in 1997. As the end of the millennium was approaching, which many people were worried about, the film focuses on looking back at how the world has changed, what people have given and taken from the world. It also focuses on individual characters in short stories that depict images of human society, from the mundane to the extreme.
To illustrate, in one short story people complain about the weather and the woes associated with it, such as not being able to light tobacco. While the three people are arguing about the war and the pointless rain, they have no idea that above their heads the American pilots are arguing about the “fucking cougar” that they are tasked with releasing somewhere. Kokura, where the tobacco is cloudy and damp, has no idea that she has narrowly escaped disaster. Since then it has been called “Happiness as in Kokura”.
Willing taxi driver and chattering teeth
In addition to history, the plot also looks at the then-current streets of Prague. A taxi driver meets customers who would like to experience sex while driving. The taxi driver agrees, but the man of the couple has erectile problems, which the woman brilliantly misleads into the fact that the man is a vegetarian. “You don’t eat meat, so you’re kind of anemic.”
The taxi driver’s next customer is a suspicious husband who goes to pick up his wife. During the drive, the story of the man behind the wheel and his acquaintance with the woman is revealed. A jealous husband is happy that it wasn’t his wife after a failed event where he caught two strangers. But the viewer knows more than both gentlemen and is forced to empathize with them. See for yourself.
Pulling buttons off the couch is good, ripping with a prosthesis is better, ripping buttons with a prosthesis held in your ass? That’s for connoisseurs. I believe that even with just one sentence, this short story attracted a lot of attention.
The Buttons is not a classic comedy. It is bitter humor with an emphasis on reflection. But it cannot be denied that at more than one moment the viewer will laugh heartily. “She’s dead, so leave her!”, that’s a legendary saying that meets one person from two different points of view. One moment can change a person’s beliefs and his life.
It would be a shame to reveal more, after all the film is shot in such a way that nothing can describe what it shows. The rating on ČSFD (Czechoslovak Film Database) is above average, 80%.
