IN CINEMAS SINCE 2018 DIRECTOR: Benjamin Tuček ASSUMED LENGTH: 70 – 80 min The movie, using a working title Radio 1, will be a combination of fiction and documentary sequences with an atmosphere close to a film by Richard Curtis, Boat That Rocked 2007, and possibly close to the image of a film by Michael Winterbotton, 24 Hour Party People, 2002. |
It takes the form of an incredible story of the first independent radio station in Czechoslovakia, which keeps broadcasting up to this day. The main characters are authentic founders, as well as technicians, engineers and presenters and especially musicians, who try to dig up their memories and stories hidden beneath a layer of merciful oblivion and sentimental sediment, from times which shaped Czech cultural scene. Yes, Radio 1 might never have crossed the line of 100,000 listeners. Yet, you could find only a very few people in today’s generation of forty-something who never heard of Radio 1. The radio has never been bound by the Hit Parade rules and was absolutely open to musical genres and its listeners. Even though the main characters already shook off their relentless youth memories growing up as the last generation living in the communism, the beginning of 90's never got out of their minds. After all, the director and producer of the film used to be members of the Prague music scene and formed a personal bond with most of the DJ’s. |