'Daisies'

A very well-rounded protest film that doesn't seem like a protest film but it must be a protest film because it couldn't possibly be anything else.

A Czech film made and released amid Communist Russia control of the country in the 1960s. At certain points, you can't really tell if their lampooning Communism or capitalism. The West or the East. Probably both. Seeking some middle ground, I guess.

The film is part of the Czech New Wave that took place during this time period. As I will probably keep watching a bunch of these films, I think it'll be interesting to not only discover their thoughts on the Communist regime, but also how they dealt with the time after Nazi occupation and World War II.

Think about it: Large hunks of these countries' populations were killed, livelihoods destroyed and these people were placed under a regime on one "end" of the spectrum to the other "end" within several years of each other. That had to take a mental toll and I suspect that will show itself through these films.