Heart Above the Castle (2008)
Heart Above the Castle (2008)
A neon heart installed above Prague Castle illuminated the city for the last three months of Václav Havel’s presidency in an artist’s tribute to his extraordinary service. His last major undertaking was hosting the NATO summit in 2002 and Němec was granted extraordinary access to film it. Set to make a “special poetic film”, it took Němec years to process what he had witnessed – George W. Bush creating an alliance to invade Iraq. It may then be the director’s revenge to point his camera lens democratically at everyone involved with the summit, giving the same screen time to kitchen and waiting staff, musicians, security detail and NATO protesters, as to the heads of states and attending dignitaries. Havel however, became as much of a subject as the president on screen, and the film’s narrator, providing commentary in his own voice from the distance of a few years after he left the office.

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A neon heart installed above Prague Castle illuminated the city for the last three months of Václav Havel’s presidency in an artist’s tribute to his extraordinary service. His last major undertaking was hosting the NATO summit in 2002 and Němec was granted extraordinary access to film it. Set to make a “special poetic film”, it took Němec years to process what he had witnessed – George W. Bush creating an alliance to invade Iraq. It may then be the director’s revenge to point his camera lens democratically at everyone involved with the summit, giving the same screen time to kitchen and waiting staff, musicians, security detail and NATO protesters, as to the heads of states and attending dignitaries. Havel however, became as much of a subject as the president on screen, and the film’s narrator, providing commentary in his own voice from the distance of a few years after he left the office.


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Genres: Documentary

Language: English, Český

Release Date: 12 November 2008

Country: CZ

Runtime: 48m

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Company: Jan Němec - Film

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Directed By

Jan Němec

Jan Němec

Director

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Jan Němec

Jan Němec

Screenplay

Jan Němec

Jan Němec

Story

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Camera

Karel Cudlín

Karel Cudlín

Camera Operator

Jan Němec

Jan Němec

Camera Operator

Jiří Maxa

Jiří Maxa

Camera Operator

Petr Marek

Petr Marek

Camera Operator

Karel Slach

Karel Slach

Camera Operator

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

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