CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel is a 2018 documentary film directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur that focuses on the life and work of the Czechoslovak New Wave film director Jiří Menzel, and also explores the Czech and Slovak New Wave cinema of the 1950-70s. It is currently the longest Indian film production to have been certified by the Central Board of Film Certification. Synopsis The documentary features the work of some 20 Czech and Slovak filmmakers and interviews artists who were influenced by the cinema, including Ken Loach, Věra Chytilová, Miloš Forman, Vojtěch Jasný, Ivan Passer, Juraj Jakubisko, Andrzej Wajda, Dušan Hanák, Štefan Uher, Jan Němec, and Miroslav Ondříček. Some of the filmmakers featured, like Jan Nemec, Vera Chytilova, Andrzej Wajda, Milos Forman and Juraj Herz, died during the production and therefore the documentary captures their last appearance on film. Production In an interview with First Post, Dungarpur said: "It’s taken me nearly eight years to complete this documentary. I never knew that it would become a seven hour-long film. I just wanted to meet and spend time with the director Jiri Menzel, who made Closely Watched Trains (1966). I lost sleep over thinking about how he could have