R6dw6C wrote: Having said that, I'd still like to see more of his work on the big-screen. Come over to Nuremberg, they're mostly screened with English subtitles. 



I just might show up one of these days. 

Well, it actually seems as there weren't too many outstanding films around in general. A and Matalo even left one screening because the film ("Coupable") was too terrible. They never did that before as far as I'm concerned. But a few light were shimmering such as "Just Anybody", "United Red Army" (this film is for you, arsaib!), "Otto; or, up with dead People" and "Loos Ornamental". Don't get too worried about A's comment, after all, he hasn't seen a masterpiece last year, though there were plenty around. 

I'd certainly like to explore more of Japanese auteur Wakamatsu Kôji.

As for the Czechoslovak New Wave films and Chytilová, you may also want to check out Fruit of Paradise and her work in the omnibus Pearls of the Deep. Jires' Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is of similar vein. And Nemec's Diamonds of the Night keeps one foot firmly in the avant-garde (its surrealistic tones and editing patterns will remind you of The Cremator, and some of the action itself of Van Sant's Gerry).