7. Daisies By Věra Chytilová In 1966
Hailing from Czechoslovakia, Chytilová wrote and directed this comedy-drama film which became a milestone in the Czech New Wave movement. ‘Daisies’ follows a series of adventures by two adolescent girls named Marie. One word that comes to mind incessantly while watching the film is ‘arbitrary.’ And rightly so for the film has random sounds and music flowing in when there is no requirement of it; even the sequences were random and incoherent. But ‘Daisies’ is more than mere randomness, it has amazing surrealism and eccentric humour, all mixed with philosophical thoughts that apparently offended the Czech government who clamped a ban on the film.
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