Loves of a Blonde was made in 1965 and directed by super-famous Czech director, Milos Forman (director of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Hair, and Amadeus).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059415/
This movie was about a young girl recounting some of her experiences to another girl in her dormitory. The movie is really about the approach of communism to the Czech people and how those who were more progressive wanted to experience different types of governments before settling on just one.
I enjoyed this movie, I understood the metaphors/symbols more than I did in Closely Observed (Watched) Trains. The story itself was really fun, and the more we are learning details about Czech history, the more the characterization as a form of symbolism makes sense. There were representations of repressive military male figures, as well as symbols of the Czech people who did not want to fight back. The protagonist represented the progressive Czech people, although I saw her as a possibly fickle female character; my teacher says the character possible reflected the director's opinion of women as well.
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