Avant-garde to new wave. Czechoslovak cinema, surrealism and the sixties

"The cultural liberalization of communist Czechoslovakia in the 1960s produced many artistic accomplishments, not least the celebrated films of the Czech New Wave ... This book explores the avant-garde's influence over the New Wave and considers the political implications of that influence. The close analysis of selected films ... is contextualized by an account of the Czech avant-garde and a discussion of the films' immediate cultural and political background."--Back cover.