His short feature mocking the old guard traditionalism of a ceremonial brass band and another about a pair of teenage actresses competing for a cabaret role were combined for the film Competition.
His short feature mocking the old guard traditionalism of a ceremonial brass band and another about a pair of teenage actresses competing for a cabaret role were combined for the film Competition. After his first full length film, Black Peter, he had a pair of critical successes with the Oscar- nominated The Loves of a Blonde, and an attack on his country's emergency services bureaucracy, Fireman's Ball, whose release was banned by Antonin Novotny. After moving to America and directing Taking Off, he moved out of his New Wave period for a Hollywood career marked by adaptations of works by Choderlos de Laclos, E.L. Doctorow, and Peter Shaeffer. FTP, name this Czech- born director of Amadeus, who also won a lot of Oscars with his One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.
His short feature mocking the old guard traditionalism of a ceremonial brass band and another about a pair of teenage actresses competing for a cabaret role were combined for the film Competition.
Milos {Forman} or Jan Tomas {Forman}