1157 - Daisies (1966)

Published: July 24, 2023, 11 a.m.

b'

Two girls rampage their way through an allegory-laden modern city steeped in its own hypocrisy and decadence, indulging in everything \\u201cbad\\u201d in a feature-length gesture of seeming nihilistic hedonism. But director V\\u011bra Chytilov\\xe1 has more than cheap laughs in mind as she tweaks the manners of polite society. Looks like Luis Bu\\xf1uel has some competition. And it looks like we\\u2019re joined by return-guest Patrick O\\u2019Reilly of the Vintage Video Podcast who brings along this psychedelic Czech freak-out \\xa0

Join the Random Acts of Cinema Discord server\\xa0here!

*Come support the podcast and get yourself or someone you love a random gift at our merch store.\\xa0 T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more!

If you\\u2019d like to watch ahead for next week\\u2019s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Preston Sturges\\u2019 Sullivan\\u2019s Travels (1942)

\\xa0

'