Why Havel

The first part of the block will be dedicated to the monograph Vojtěch Jasný The Film Poet in Exile 2020 authored by the film historian Jiří Voráč The monograph is centered on the legendary directors life and career after his emigration to Western Europe and to the US after 1968 which have so far received little attention In exile Jasný established himself as a film director he authored over thirty cinema and TV films and documentaries stage director photographer and film studies lecturer The first part will be followed by the screening of Jasnýs documentary Why Havel coproduced by himself and Miloš Forman in Canada and Czechoslovakia in 1991 As remarkable as this reflection of the paradoxical transformation of a dissident into a president in the carnivallike atmosphere of the euphoric postrevolution period with the first question marks already appearing may be it did not meet the expectations of the head of state