Kinoautomat (1971)
January 14, 1971Release Date
Kinoautomat (1971)
January 14, 1971Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Miroslav Horníček
Pan Novak / Story / Screenplay
Libuše Švormová
Josef Somr
Karla Chadimová
Miroslav Macháček
Leopolda Dostalová
Jan Libíček
Jan Vostrčil
Věra Tichánková
František Kovářík
Vlasta Jelínková
Alena Vránová
Kinoautomat (voice)
Ján Roháč
Director / Story / Screenplay
Radúz Činčera
Director / Story / Screenplay
Vladimír Svitáček
Director / Story / Screenplay
Věra Pištěková
Assistant Director
Jiřina Matiasková
Script
Jana Rozbrojová
Script
Pavel Juráček
Story / Screenplay
Jaromír Šofr
Director of Photography
Boris Moravec
Production Design
František Straka
Set Decoration
Jan Brychta
Costume Design
Slávka Doležalová-Kulhavá
Costumer
Miloslav Jandera
Makeup & Hair
Miroslav Hájek
Editor
Bedřich Poledník
Sound
Jiří Hora
Sound
Ivo Špalj
Sound
Ladislav Kalaš
Production Manager
Jan Balzer
Assistant Production Manager
Adolf Široký
Assistant Production Manager
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 14, 1971
Original NameKinoautomat: Člověk a jeho dům
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 3m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Kinoautomat was the world's first interactive movie, conceived by Radúz Činčera for the Czechoslovak Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. At nine points during the film the action stops, and a moderator appears on stage to ask the audience to choose between two scenes; following an audience vote, the chosen scene is played.The film is a black comedy, opening with a flash-forward to a scene in which Petr Novák (Miroslav Horníček)'s apartment is in flames. No matter what choices are made, the end result is the burning building, making the film—as Činčera intended—a satire of democracy. Other interpretations are that the film is a satire of determinism, the idea that human beings control their fate, or that the film is an endorsement of acceptance of the diversity and complexity of life. The latter would be in keeping with other statements of late '60s culture which questioned social structure and authority.