Báthory
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| The sequence mixes an apparently literal blood bath, the key part of the Slovak and Central European legend of Countess Báthory (1560-1614, Čachtice Castle) with condensed ingredients sprinkled throughout the film – premonition (a black cat), scheming (the spying monks), humor (17th-century roller skates), the potential of evil (buried body), legend (blood bath), art (sanguine hues in costuming and mise-en-scène), head trips (distorted lens and green filter), love, war. Although they were diluted in the film to last for more than two hours, Báthory was a major domestic blockbuster of the first decade of the 21st century. |
Slovak cinema after World War II.
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