I Am a Cursed Photographer
Julius Matula / Czechoslovakia / 1969 / 14 min.
synopsis
The film about the spontaneity of life and work captures the spirit and unconventional personality of photographer Pavel Hudec Ahasver. You will not learn any facts from this stylized portrait, just experience what the bohemian life in Czechoslovakia of the late 1960s was like.biography
During his studies at the FAMU, Július Matula (1943–2016) made his first documentaries I Am a Cursed Photographer (1969) and My Aunt Vincencia (1969). As an assistant director at the Barrandov studios, he worked, for example with Ivan Balaďa on The Ark of Fools (1970); until 1991, Matula made twelve feature films.more about film
| director: | Julius Matula |
contact
SLOVENSKÝ FILMOVÝ ÚSTAVGrösslingová 32
811 09 / Bratislava / Slovakia
+421 257 101 501 / sfu@sfu.sk
Film at festival
| festival edition: | 2019 |
| section: | Slovak documentary film in the 1960s |
| format: | DCP |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Julius Matula |
| original title: | Som prekliaty fotograf |
| country: | Czechoslovakia |
| year: | 1969 |
| running time: | 14 min. |
