Film

Marie I and Marie II declare the entire world spoiled-so why shouldn't they be? So sets the tone of this freewheeling landmark of the Czech New Wave, wherein our heroines gallivant about like a couple of avant-garde Marx sisters, perpetually gorging themselves on food and drink, wreaking havoc at a 1920s-style nightclub, and instigating a food fight of (literally) apocalyptic proportions (Slant Magazine likened it to "Monty Python's Mr. Creosote skit as directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini"). An endlessly inventive, formally radical ode to rebellion-nearly every scene is interrupted by quick-cut montages or sudden changes in film stock and color-Daisies was banned by the Czech government for its subversive feminist message and (really!) radical depiction of food wastage.

New 35mm print courtesy of Janus Films