37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
While for Najbrt, the projectionist Eddie and his taxidermied cat from the KVIFF’s 36th year marked a return to the guys-fooling-around humour of the Prague Five, the next year was to be the same, triply so. The Thermal Hotel was adorned with a huge Najbrt, together with the artists František Skála and Jaroslav Róna as Tros Sketos. Najbrt’s strong points came together: comedy of the three stooges both celebrating and parodying the awkwardness of slapstick and cabaret that had once entertained just a handful of artists, made its way to billboards. And set the yardstick for the festival visuals as a drollery, after which every year that followed was necessarily a disappointment. The charming proficiency dosed with ironic amateurism of the Tros Sketos reflected Najbrt’s readiness to take up the role of the designer, the subject, maybe engage the director and makeup artists and still have a good laugh at all of that including himself. The 37th year redefined the role of the visuals, making them an inseparable component of the festival experience, just as amusing as the winning film in the people’s choice category. The variety show stylisation did not have much in common with the film medium, apart from a reminder that all the poses of any of the stars are taken here to be just a phony, but nobody complained.
2002 Aleš Najbrt
photo Adam Holý
Production estimated up to 14 days, the possibility of printing sizes S to XL
price 400 CZK
