Second Run scores Shivendra Singh Dungarpur's CZECHMATE: IN SEARCH OF JIRÍ MENZEL (review)

Shiendra Singh Dungarpor's "own personal yellow brick road" of an exploration of the Czech New Wave, eight hours in length, and seven years in the making comes to Blu-ray in a 2-disc set featuring the memories of such luminaries as Milos Forman, Ivan Passer, Vera Chytilová, Miroslav Ondrícek, Eduard Grecner, Juraj Jakubisko, Juraj Herz, and more as well as viewpoints from international filmmakers like Woody Allen, Emir Kusturica, Ken Loach, István Szabó, Agnieszka Holland, and Andrzej Wajda.

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CZECHMATE: IN SEARCH OF JIRÍ MENZEL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• Czech/English/Slovak/Hungarian/Polish/French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Czech/English/Slovak/Hungarian/Polish/French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Jirí Menzel Short Films:
• "Our Dear Mister Foerster Died [Um el nám pan Foerster]" (1963)
• "Prefabricated Houses [Domy z panel]" (1959)
• Image Gallery
• 24-page booklet featuring extracts from the director’s shooting-diaries