Radúz Cincera
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Radúz Činčera was a Czech
screenwriter
and director
, the conceiver of the legendary Kinoautomat
.
where he was author and director of a row of short documentary film
s.
Nevertheless his most famous work is the Kinoautomat
the world's first interactive movie
, for the Czechoslovak
Pavilion at Expo '67
in Montreal
.
Another big project of Radúz Činčera was The Sound Game Show at the Man and His World exhibition in Montreal in 1971. He had also astonished the world audience
with his audio-visual
projects in Kobe
, Japan and in Vancouver
, Canada.
In the second half of the 1980’s his multimedia
l music inscenation of the rock
opera
The Scroll had been extremely successful in Canada.
Like so many of the Czech
artist
s Radúz Činčera too was banned to direct films and act in public after the Russian takeover of Czechoslovakia
in 1968.
Czech people
Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries...
screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, the conceiver of the legendary Kinoautomat
Kinoautomat
Kinoautomat was the world's first interactive movie, conceived by Radúz Činčera for the Czechoslovak Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal...
.
Career
Most of his life he was working in the Krátký film Praha (The Short Film of Prague) movie studioMovie studio
A movie studio is a term used to describe a major entertainment company or production company that has its own privately owned studio facility or facilities that are used to film movies...
where he was author and director of a row of short documentary film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s.
Nevertheless his most famous work is the Kinoautomat
Kinoautomat
Kinoautomat was the world's first interactive movie, conceived by Radúz Činčera for the Czechoslovak Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal...
the world's first interactive movie
Interactive cinema
Interactive cinema tries to give the audience an active role in the showing of movies. The movie Kinoautomat by Czechoslovakian director Raduz Cincera presented in the Czech Pavilion in Expo '67 in Montreal is considered to be the first cinema-like interactive movie...
, for the Czechoslovak
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
Pavilion at Expo '67
Expo 67
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was the general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It is considered to be the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century, with the...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.
Another big project of Radúz Činčera was The Sound Game Show at the Man and His World exhibition in Montreal in 1971. He had also astonished the world audience
Audience
An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature , theatre, music or academics in any medium...
with his audio-visual
Audio-visual
The term Audio-Visual may refer to works with both a sound and a visual component, the production or use of such works, or to equipment used to create and present such works...
projects in Kobe
Kobe
, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
, Japan and in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, Canada.
In the second half of the 1980’s his multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
l music inscenation of the rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
The Scroll had been extremely successful in Canada.
Like so many of the Czech
Czech people
Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
s Radúz Činčera too was banned to direct films and act in public after the Russian takeover of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
in 1968.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Footage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Kvety Tatier | short | dramaturgic cooperation |
| 1956 | Prečo kvitnú | short | director |
| 1964 | Romeo a Julie 63 | middle | director |
| 1966 | Mlha (Documentary on Prague Divadlo Na zábradlí) | short | theme, screenplay, commentary |
| 1966 | Kinoautomat Člověk a jeho dům | full-length | theme |
| 1966 | Jak Sammy o kalhotky přišel | short | director |
| 1968 | Stroskotáme zajtra | short | commentary |
| 1969 | Documentary on the last moments of the comic duo Clow and Hamm, made to the 41. anniversary of the first sound film | short | director |
| 1980 | O dětech a slovech | short | director |
| 1994 | Hudební laboratoř | TV series | director |