Shock doctrine
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February 16, 2012
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# Shock doctrine
"Festival otrlého diváka" (literally *Festival of Thick-Skinned
Audience*) is an increasingly popular film marathon which eschews all
conventional norms of cinematography and audience expectations and
instead, focused on the bizarre, B-movie, leftfield material. The
organizers dug out some precious gems from the world of the obscure
including a 1927 silent piece ***The Unknown*** by **Tod Browning**,
about a knife thrower who pretends he has no arms in order to escape the
law. The movie is soundtracked live by Prague vinyl fiends and
hauntologists **Birds Build Nests Underground.**
**Lucky McKee**'s The Woman delves underneath
the seeming normalcy of everyday -- patriarchal -- suburban life to
uncover there's something rotten (yes, it is an American movie, I guess
you've figured). A female, forest-dwelling cannibal falls prey to a
picture-perfect middle class father in ***The Woman***. There's also the
odd Ed Wood-affiliated piece ***Orgy of the Dead***, **Adam Rehmeier**'s
controversial experimental horror film ***The Bunny Game*** or the
Mexican indie flick ***Santo vs. the Television Killer***.
The festival is on until the 19 February at the Aero cinema in Prague.
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text: '<p> “Festival otrlého diváka“ (literally <em>Festival of Thick-Skinned Audience</em>) is an increasingly popular film marathon which eschews all conventional norms of cinematography and audience expectations and instead, focused on the bizarre, B-movie, leftfield material. The organizers dug out some precious gems from the world of the obscure including a 1927 silent piece <strong><em>The Unknown</em></strong> by <strong>Tod Browning</strong>, about a knife thrower who pretends he has no arms in order to escape the law. The movie is soundtracked live by Prague vinyl fiends and hauntologists <strong>Birds Build Nests Underground.</strong></p><p><strong>Lucky McKee</strong>’s<em><strong> The Woman</strong></em> delves underneath the seeming normalcy of everyday – patriarchal – suburban life to uncover there’s something rotten (yes, it is an American movie, I guess you’ve figured). A female, forest-dwelling cannibal falls prey to a picture-perfect middle class father in <em><strong>The Woman</strong></em>. There’s also the odd Ed Wood-affiliated piece <em><strong>Orgy of the Dead</strong></em>, <strong>Adam Rehmeier</strong>’s controversial experimental horror film <em><strong>The Bunny Game</strong></em> or the Mexican indie flick <em><strong>Santo vs. the Television Killer</strong></em>.</p><p>The festival is on until the 19 February at the Aero cinema in Prague. </p>'
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# Shock doctrine "Festival otrlého diváka" (literally *Festival of Thick-Skinned Audience*) is an increasingly popular film marathon which eschews all conventional norms of cinematography and audience expectations and instead, focused on the bizarre, B-movie, leftfield material. The organizers d...