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Communism and the Net, or the End of Representative Democracy

Communism and the Net, or the End of Representative Democracy

NOV 5, 2019 · 335 MIN · DIR. KAREL VACHEK

Documentary

The six-hour essay in four parts examines the history of regimes and revolutions, leaders and martyrs, from a philosophical perspective. The collage of personal memories, staged scenes and archives of collective memory compares the Prague Spring to the Velvet Revolution and shows the exposure, conflict, crisis, and catharsis of the post-communist society. Democracy can be saved through creative laughter, dissolving the untouchability and hypertrophic egos of the representatives of state institutions. The Internet frees the society from representatives of the non-functional connecting link that prevents direct communication between citizens and institutions of power. “I can see you until I spot you. Once I spot you, I cannot see you anymore.” K. Vachek

Cast

  • Karel Vachek

    Karel Vachek

    Self

  • Jiří Brožek

    Jiří Brožek

    Self

Crew

Screenplay

Karel Vachek

Director of Photography

Karel Slach

Editor

Helena Papírníková Horáčková

Editor

Renata Pařezová

Producer

Mikuláš Novotný

Producer

Radim Procházka

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