Below you will find written and video materials to supplement your experience with this film. Be aware that some essays and video essays may contain spoilers.
Critical Essays
An Audience for Free Spirits in a Closed Society (NYT)
A Courageous Voice from Central Europe (East European Film Bulletin)
Perfect Chaos: Vera Chytilova’s Sedmikrasky (Daisies) (Art Forum)
Food and Female Desire Gone Bad in Vera Chytilova’s ‘Daisies’ (Screen Queens)
Stuffed: Dining with ‘Daisies’ (Bright Wall / Dark Room)
This Film’s Going Bad: Collaborative Cutting in ‘Daisies’ (Senses of Cinema)
Contextual Reading
Czech Surrealism and Czech New Wave Realism: The Importance of Objects
Remembering 1948 and 1968: Reflections on Two Pivotal Years in Czech and Slovak History
The Prague Spring: Dubcek, The Media, and Mass Demoralization
