The Smoke
The work for the free association of amateur ensembles under the umbrella of the Prague Five visualised the pathetic hyperbole, by which the groups responded to the frustrations of the communist regime and the discrepancy between reality and proclamations, where words have no meaning, but everything can be held against you. While the 1950s steelworks in the famous Czech film Larks on a String was a place of lyricism and tragedy, the mocking ham-acting and grimacing in the factory in the musical The Smoke was attuned to a time, which was a farce in itself. Křeč (Cramp), the name of the “ballet troupe”, in which Najbrt danced, as well as his angular graphic style, precisely captured the social decline. Large, expressive letters stuck out in all directions like the limbs of Haha Bimbi, Alžbětina Prknářová by civilian name, a heroine of The Rapid Arrows, a comics that Sklep revered. In a confirmation of its own absurdity, The Smoke did not get into cinemas until after 1989 when the country had begun with general desulphurization.
1991 Aleš Najbrt
Production estimated up to 14 days, the possibility of printing sizes S to XL
price 400 CZK
