Tag Archives: Dan Nutu

among the meanders of censorship (film: Meandre – Mircea Saucan, 1966)

I was 14 years old in 1967, when Mircea Saucan‘s film ‘Meandre‘ (which had been filmed in 1966) was shown on Romanian screens for a short time, before being withdrawn and buried in the archives until the fall of communism … Continue reading

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wildflowers, 45 years after (film: Ilustrate cu flori de camp – Andrei Blaier, 1975)

If the numbers mentioned by wikipedia are accurate then ‘Postcards with wildflowers‘ (the Romanian title is ‘Ilustrate cu flori de câmp’), the 1975 film by director Andrei Blaier, was seen in cinema halls by 2.1 million viewers. Today, I believe … Continue reading

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Film: Duminica la ora 6 (Lucian Pintilie, 1965)

In his book 4 Decades, 3 Years and 2 Months with the Romanian Cinema the Romanian film critic Alex Leo Serban considers Duminica la ora 6 (Sunday at 6 o’clock) as an extreme case of difference between content and form … Continue reading

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