Vera Chytilova’s 1966 film, Daisies, follows two young girls who believe that everything in the world they’re living in is going bad. The entirety of the film chronicles the pairs’ surreal misadventures, following their decision to go bad as well. In a direct quote from Chytilova herself, she attempts to explain the nature of her film: “Daisies was a morality play showing how evil does not necessarily manifest itself in an orgy of destruction caused by war, that its roots may lie concealed in the malicious pranks of everyday life.” It is through the film’s unstructured plotline combined with the use of surreal imagery, that Chytilova attempts to make her statement on the consequence of human action, and the repressive nature of society.
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