Criterion Reflections – Episode 37 – Karel Kachyňa’s The Ear

Listen in as we discuss this cinematic eavesdropping on a married couple's dark night of anguish in the grip of the Czechoslovakian surveillance state - with guests Martin Kessler and Jon Laubinger.

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this second season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1970 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Martin Kessler and Jonathon Laubinger to discuss The Ear, directed by Karel Kachyňa.

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Warning: No subs, crummy transfer, but here’s THE EAR anyway!

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