loves blonde loves blonde czech feature film directed known alternate title blonde love fiction film tells story young woman routine job shoe factory provincial czechoslovakia army holds maneuvers near home town factory supervisor largely female workforce male soldiers dance proves mixed success soldiers middle aged factory workers inexperienced young women views romance confused disappointed potential dancing partners film protagonist meet attractive young man plays dance band night travels capital city lives order resume romance meets parents comes realization future relationship based story real world incident past filmmakers focused attention trying create real life look feel filming location small czech town shoe factory utilizing largely non professional cast relying considerable dialogue improvisation employing documentary style techniques release loves blonde popular success home country shown major film festivals received garnering number nominations awards critical response largely positive reviewers enthusiastic film considered significant examples film movement called took advantage temporary control creative artists use cinema means explore new narrative strategies making pointed critiques social political conditions iron curtain plot working class young woman living fading czech factory town oversight central state planning women men film opens intimate scene fellow shoe factory worker friend lie bed dormitory discussing ring given boyfriend mildly encounter forest ranger shown flashback factory supervisor realizes gender morale productivity arranges army officer organize military maneuvers near town order factory sponsor big dance workers find male need needed young explains sympathetic officer anticipation runs high sides girls expecting meet young men dreams recruits actually middle aged shape married look forward night night party disappointment members groups friends repulsed soldiers old trio situation commit series comic faux like sending bottle wine wrong table dropping wedding ring trying hide watch roll floor land feet young women objects lust people huge flop girls retiring way escape aging arguing expenses points sex free home necessity going woods order romantic plans imagine weather dance success factory supervisor looks satisfaction couples crowded dance floor girl holds hands gesture showing delight gratitude asked dance soldier tall thin clearly having time lives strikes big city pianist band providing music reads palm instructs unwanted advances kick party goes bed comic continue fighting battle window shade won close feels secure making love afterward lie bed asks meant said angular replies woman shaped like guitar look like guitar tells painted invites come prague pay visit hears night reunite dream man shortly breaks storms dormitory demanding ring listening speech virtues fidelity commitment packs arrives big city ready resume romance home meets parents heard don know comes home late evening painful tension uncertainty parents decide decent girl night requiring climb bed order avoid appearance described famous scene tight fit old man wants sleep son like thrown join girl couch mother runs won tolerate ideas roof kneeling outside door bedroom family clear valued breaks tears morning returns home tells friends wonderful trip capital nice parents especially father returns work factory cast father colonel production background feature film black peter released viewed favorably czech governmental authorities selected competition year film festival won prize gaining approval czechoslovakia communist bureaucracy making possible pursue projects relative freedom unsure project recalled experience driving prague late evening encountered young woman struggling cross bridge carrying heavy gave lift learned story come big city young engineer given address promised away life confirming interviewed girl rest night putting train home town commentators noted particularly situations mother taken away seen led years traveling searching security words guess moved sight young person seeking connection strange city recounted memory fellow film enthusiasts colleagues asked basis good film maybe replied needs thing table trio passion felt success weakest idea ready access pool table having found good castle wrote screenplay encounter young woman finished script submitted production company approved chief script department thing read years urge proceed project good reputation director established words wasn hand didn commercial appeal public told fun common man disgusted despite objection head studio approved proceeding film political cultural czechoslovakia time decision makers anxious avoid appearance overt administrative interference creative process casting colleagues committed strategy casting non professionals utilizing dialogue improvisation possible actors chosen relatives friends acquaintances crew point later atmosphere making home movie title role selected year old sister law rumored time wanted revenge wife movie star known long time trusted great respect natural talents amazing ability free expression risk didn recognize extent played held firmly rhythm scene professional position character father played uncle mother played factory operator met struck interested things matter silly factory supervisor played actual public relations manager factory location shooting took place main trio wanted use non professionals including writer found men appeared pairs lost rhythm included shot went told writer looked intelligent play role replaced professional actor words tell intelligent actor nice way letting know stay screen play writing person fact gently threw possible greatest scene loves blonde later justify decision add professional actors honest real actors scene rhythm shape don feel inhabits situation completely isn able view outside perceive rhythmic larger dramatic purpose perfectly content repeat actor pull dramatic arch scene draw emotional situation ironically self confident performer film professional actors played pianist according great actor tremendous artistic completely talent think disposition measure result acting good asked perfect shot excellent believed loved filming working largely non professional cast operating procedure share script performers given screenplay home read wives end directing movie instead chose explain scene great detail starting shoot takes reciting dialog memory time camera rolling actors try remember told best ability forgotten half understood later result performers playing playing roles cinematographer loves blonde like graduate national czech film school met czechoslovakia early 1960s learning shoot feature films struggling create early projects accord reliance non professional actors adopting style compatible orthodox socialist realism documentary filmmaking result insisted performing photographic tasks like focus lighting composing personally refusing access set film editors saying editor edit filming use master shot doesn close doesn job critics admired success sustaining low contrast lighting film rendering mysterious principle compassion existed world alongside cruelty big dance film sustained elaborate sequence cameras frequent hand holding order sustain documentary style look feel pressure performers sure included shots filming set visited british director film sporting life greatly admired anderson impressed work brought england film white bus announcing found person new sensibility new pair eyes ironically storyline film real life actresses blonde factory worker affair technician film crew man neglected tell married child promised send got prague set apartment capital city waiting long time hear telling friends shortly summoned love nest packed belongings traveled prague uncertain terms consequence situation film girl embarrassed return home prostitute went jail attempted suicide finally emigrated australia shortage women especially czech editing principal photography finished found miles raw material editor spent long hours organizing footage series situations like big dance situation meeting parents situation turn situations constructed sequences gags characters words commentator like instruments band situations broken gags gags reminiscent early comedy loves blonde soldiers getting train gag wine bottle gag wedding ring gag palm reading gag roll gag guys beds gag interspersed gags extended character discussion mother dining table factory supervisor appeal army support additional scenes film released czechoslovakia sought international distributor informed film short american audiences didn nudity shooting additional scenes shown domestic consumption scenes included version involved sequence pianist tries pick girl streets prague trick entering wrong bedroom story building lives disturbing sleeping residents themes film scholar summarized themes loves blonde discussed repeatedly critical writings film themes constant career young love confusion despair middle age gulf generations theme identified involves confusion surrounding sex society critics commented confluence comedy sadness film depiction everyday life state consider loves blonde pointed critique czech society communism point grim conditions solely public policy individuals create isolation reception loves blonde released sense betrayal shoe factory hosted filmmakers location considerable authorities organizations feeling depiction social conditions czech factory towns harder recruit workers surprise movie functioned great big classified hundreds czech boys traveled camped woods hopes female factory workers responded appropriately night loves blonde sold theaters czechoslovakia extraordinary success attributed eastern european films include extended sex scene involved nude performers film recipient award recognized works building socialist homeland later award communist president land legendary embarrassment good thing fat envelope came ribbon contained nearly year salary loves blonde submitted number major film festivals day opening film new york film festival invited entry year london film festival nominated highest prize venice film festival shortly completed purchased czech distribution company called sold multi picture package firm called proceeded air television number hour movie channels film nominated ranked empire magazine best films world cinema critical response critical reaction czechoslovakia tended focus film perceived regards social political conditions country reason distributed soviet_union international critics time praised loves blonde positive reviews published saturday review new_yorker america sight sound harper new_york_times film influential champions writing capturing characters screen forces audience situation embarrassment laughter voices writing compared film contemporaneous nation felt loves blonde endearing film long central section big dance having little main plot lengthy article film comment compared loves blonde czech films period believed displayed greater mastery narrative technique recent retrospective reviews film equally mixed critics like writing simple meaningful story captured emotions subject timeless real fashion like find fault presumably film supposed quirky revealing slice life central character developed superficial impossible care holds rating review aggregator website rotten_tomatoes reviewers average scored scale legacy loves blonde identified significant ambitious productions movement group young filmmakers educated national film academy prague including took significant political risks cinema protest communist state movement attributed period cultural political reform starting filmmakers given state support allowed certain relative artistic freedom enabling create movies stated objective making czech people collectively aware participants system oppression incompetence particular collectively known school filmmaking combines interest documentary realism including consistent focus tendency uncover hidden reality comical monstrous quality lies beneath everyday noted came america created high profile hollywood productions flew nest hair able introduce commercial cinema qualities characterized early films like loves blonde acute observation ironic details mundane life intimate understanding emotions projected keen sensitivity moment english director stated mixture professional non professional actors loves blonde significant influence international filmmakers creating atmosphere non professionals live depicted film bring expertise authenticity serves film professionals bring knowledge film craft helpful inexperienced colleagues performers time professional later professional actors played major role pianist soon gave acting relocated canada home media loves blonde released vhs video format released format home vision cinema released dvd new digital transfer restored image sound video interview director deleted scene new improved english subtitle translation 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