The Fifth Horseman is Fear
Facets video
1964 / B&W
2:35 anamorphic 16:9
100 min.
…a páty jezdec je Strach
Street Date July 25, 2006

Starring Miroslav Machácek
Cinematography Jan Kalis
Production Designer Milan Nejedla
Film Editor Miroslav Hájek
Written by Zbynek Brynych, Ota Koval, Ester Krumbachová from a book by Hana Belohradska
Produced by Studio Barrandov
Directed by Zbynek Brynych

THE FIFTH HORSEMAN IS FEAR- To go by reviews on IMDB and AMAZON as well as various critics sites this Czech film is supposed to be a masterpiece. The recently departed Roger Ebert who I agreed with in some things called it.. “a near perfect film.”

Having watched it I have to say… not so much.

While I understand its historic significance in being an early filmic examination of life under an oppressive regime, I found its execution falling far short of its acclaim.

And as someone who is a fan of classic cinema and consider films such as THE THIRD MAN, and ODD MAN OUT and THE CRANES ARE FLYING, historically significant and brilliant films, THE FIFTH HORSEMAN IS FEAR is not a brilliant film. It has moments of interesting cinematography that unfortunately gets lost in the unfinished bones of a movie, a movie that is more exercise and experiment than finished film. I found THE FIFTH HORSEMAN IS FEAR tedious rather than engaging; and the screeching and overwrought performances and dialogue, felt false and empty.

I respect the film’s courage for trying to say something of import, given the perilous nature of when and where the film was made, but I have to say I don’t think the film says it well. Not today, and not even upon its release.

A film that by all means view if you can see it for free, but not something that I think you will be particularly enriched or intrigued by in the viewing. GRADE: If you can see it for free… fine, otherwise avoid. ** out of ****.

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With President Obama appointing a twitter lawyer to the newly created position of Chief Privacy Officer of the United States (A Twitter Lawyer setting a nation’s privacy policy, is that an effing joke?!!) and the FCC head post being handed over to a blood sucking lobbyist for the telecom industry, and with the senate and house poised to tax Americans and small businesses now for online transactions (purchases, sales, revenue, regardless of state. So much for no taxation without representation); technology is, more than ever before, being used up and down to widen the divide between rich and poor, slave and free.

Technology is being used to break the back of the working classes world wide, all to feed the endless maw and greed of corporations who owe no allegiance to country, to community, to quality of life. Mega-Corporations who themselves want to pay no taxes AND get the government to tax the poor and middle classes and give them your money.

WTF?!!!

That is not just greed my friends, that is in ways true and deep… evil.

So yeah, Tech is the topic of the moment.

Stay Tuned for more….
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It was on my mind, this old post. I thought it said something yesterday that still has value today.

See if you agree.

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