Red Westerns
LEMONADE JOE LIMONADOVY JOE ANEB KONSKA OPERA
Czechoslovakia 1964
REGISSØREN Oldrich Lipsky (1924–1986) hadde teaterbakgrunn, noe som i likhet med hans kjærlighet til sirkuset kan spores i satirene og komediene han var mest kjent for. MAN IN OUTER SPACE var nominert til Gullpalmen i Cannes i 1962.
Stetson City i det Ville Vesten. Den onde salooneieren Doug Badman regjerer med hard hånd og fulle whiskyflasker. Tornado Lou, barsangerinne og femme fatale, knuser menns hjerter og venter på mannen som skal knuse hennes. Avholdsmannen Goodman og hans uskyldsrene datter Winifred forsøker forgjeves å overbevise mannen i gata om å velge den leskende limonaden Koka Loka fremfor spriten. Ridende inn i dette lovløse kaoset kommer så revolvermannen Lemonade Joe, saftelsker og svigermors drøm. Og galskapen har bare så vidt begynt.
THE DIRECTOR Oldrich Lipsky (b.1924, d.1986) worked steadily as a director from the early fifties. His theatre background and love for the circus inspired the slew of satires and comedies that made his name. He received a 1962 Palme d’Or nomination for MAN IN OUTER SPACE.
lemonade joe er den tsjekkiske nybølgens hyllest til og parodi av stumfilm-
FILMOGRAPHY (UTVALG/SELECTION) 1955 CIRKUS BUDE 1962 MUZ Z PRVNIHO STOLETI / MAN IN OUTER SPACE 1967 STASTNY KODEC / HAPPY END 1972 SEST MEDVEDU S CIBULKO / SIX BEARS AND A CLOWN 1970 ZABIL JSEM EINSTEINA, PANOVE / I KILLED EINSTEIN, GENTLEMEN 1983 TAJEMSTVI HRADU V KARPATECH / THE MYSTERIOUS CASTLE IN THE CARPATHIANS
westerns, fylt til randen av gjennomkoreografert slapstick-action, sang, dans og tegnefilminspirerte spesialeffekter. En satirisk musikalkomedie som sparker både opp, ned, til venstre og høyre. Stetson City, the mythical Wild West. A lawless town ruled by Doug Badman, wicked saloon owner and purveyor of cheap whiskey. The daily bar brawls are accompanied by the pleasing tones of Tornado Lou, a femme fatale and heartbreaker pining for someone to break her own. Meanwhile, Koka Loka franchise holder Ezra Goodman and his nubile daughter Winifred fight a futile battle for temperance in a depraved town. To the rescue comes white hat Lemonade Joe, gunslinger, Koka Loka lover and all-American hero. Cue intrigue, mayhem and musical numbers.
lemonade joe is a Czech new wave celebration and lampooning of the silent film era western, with tightly choreographed slapstick action sequences, singing, dancing, and innovative special effects inspired by the filmmakers love for classic cartoons.
DIRECTOR: Oldrich Lipsky SCREENPLAY: Oldrich Lipsky, Jiri Brdecka CINEMATOGRAPHY: Vladimir Novotny CAST: Karel Fiala, Rudolf Deyl, Milos Kopecky, Kveta Fialova, Olga Schoberova, Bohus Zahorsky RUNNING TIME: 1h 39m SOURCE: National Film Archive, Prague 99
