My first classical guitar (technically, it belonged to my brother, but it was me who played it) was a Czech-built* Cremona (the company has changed name, hands and sadly doesn’t make guitars any longer). My first electric bass was Galaxis by now-defunct Jolana. I used to have quite a collection of classics and jazz vinyls by Supraphon and Opus. So... I can say that I know infinitely more about Czech music than Czech film (all Miloš Forman movies I’ve seen are American-made, so they don’t count). Now, thanks to the new Czech cinema cycle by Filmoteca Canaria, I have a chance to change that.
Co-produced by Czech Television and Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska, Tiger Theory (what’s the theory?) cannot be called anything else but Czechoslovak film. Good acting, a few funny jokes, a pleasant soundtrack — in short, I quite liked it. If not for not-so-mildly misogynistic premise (that the men of the movie and in general are controlled and oppressed by their wives — come on, give me a break), I would truly enjoy it. I’ll say no more: watch it and judge for yourself.
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| * | When I grew up, we used the word “Czech” as short for “Czechoslovak”: there was no such thing as Czech Republic then but Czechoslovakia and we had no idea from which part of the country the sought-after goods came, if they came. In fact most of them indeed came from Czechia: JAWA motorbikes, Plzeň beer, Bohemian glass, and the aforementioned musical instruments. |
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