- Directors: Milos Forman
- Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
- Language: Czech
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Facets Video
- Release Date: Aug 17 2004
- Run Time: 85 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B0002CHJCI
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#58,691 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #24 in DVD > Art House & International > By Country > Czech Republic & Slovakia
- #28 in DVD > Art House & International > By Original Language > Czech
- #67 in DVD > Drama > Love & Romance > Young Love
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The first feature by Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus), this coming-of-age tale about a malcontent teen in love heralded the arrival of an important cinematic talent. Forman captures the minute details of awkward romance and teenage rebellion with a keen eye to create a vivid portrait of youth from the Czech New Wave. First prize-winner at the Locarno Film Festival. "A timeless comedy" (Newsweek). In Czech with English subtitles. Milos Forman---Czechoslovakia---1963---85 mins.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Bad copy, bad subtitles,
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This review is from: Black Peter (DVD)
Watch out, the subtitles on this copy are delayed by 2 or 3 seconds. Amazing mistake for Facets, a supposingly "serious" editor. The price is very high for such a bad DVD (there is no work on the transfer as well, maybe it was done from a Betacam or even VHS. I would not be surprised). Be aware of that or wait for another edition. The film is great, tough, once you get used to the bad subtitles and once the frustration gets down a little.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
work of a genius,
By Libri Mundi "Libri Mundi" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Black Peter (DVD)
Czech director Milos Forman won first prize at the Locarno film festival for his first feature film, Black Peter. This coming-of-age story about a shy teenager who falls in love, bears the heavy influence of Francois Truffaut, as do most other "new wave" productions of the era. Even at this early stage, however, Forman's film-making prowess enabled him to transcend any and all imitations. In some areas, the film bore the title Peter and Pavla, reflecting the fact that pretty young Pavla Martinkova played the girl. Black Peter was originally released in Czechoslovakia in 1963 under the title Cerny Petr.It is one of Foreman's all time classics and also one of the great movies of the last century which was not truly appreciated - as a kid I was used to seeing the great works of Ray (Apu Trilogy) and Ray was greatly influenced by Traffaut and Renoir so to me this movie was close to home and some time I could easily recognize as a work of a master. The black and white photography is absolutely superb. You will notice how little set up of technology is used to make a classic - this is a mark of a great director - another trait is how they get results from their actors -even not so famous actors produce memorable (almost unforgettable) characters. But watching this movie is not easy - you have to first develop the taste by watching movies from directors like Ray, Kurosawa and great Eisentein. This movie is more like caviar since it is a very very special flavor so either you will love it or you will hate it but nobody is at fault. The communist era life style is portrait in its true flavor and even the mundane characters draw attention through minors or weirdness. This movie should be in your collection is you are a serious collector. 4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent!,
By Moviefanatic - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Black Peter (DVD)
I cannot quite agree with the other reviewers. Even though the DVD recording is not perfect, it's not that bad, either. The subtitles were out of sync in a couple of places (knowing both Russian and Ukranian, I can probably understand about 70% of the spoken Czech) but it did not distract from admiring the movie. And the movie is great. It's one of the finest examples of the Czech New Wave. We should be greatful that this movie is available for viewing at all.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sensitive and Witty,
By Bonnie1956 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Black Peter (DVD)
Amazing foreign kitchen comedy/drama. Everybody's spying on everyone else in everyday settings. It's at work, at home, and social. And poor Peter. His father nags, nags, and nags some more, and gets nowhere.I only rented the DVD. Buyers should be forewarned that there are missing subtitles in places; however, I found the film transfer okay. |
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