Daisies

Out of all the films we have watched in our class so far, I thoroughly enjoyed Daisies most of all! Not only for obvious reasons—since I am a female—but the way Chytilova used satire and visuals to express her controversial views during the late 60's regarding "male behavior". 

The first scene where the girls have dinner with the older man and they are getting ready to get rid of him, the film uses different cuts showing the girls in different positions while changing colors from orange, purple, red, green, and so on. The scene cuts to the train station and these scenes are filmed in black and white, mimicking the cinematic cliches' about women being heartbroken when they  departed from one another. I am not sure why Chytilova used different colors in the scene before the train station, however it made it fun to watch and exposed the artsy and creative side of film. 

The phallic use of food throughout the movie adds humor to the cliche' sexual symbolism. The girls use a pickle, banana, and sausage and cut and destroying them with sharp and large utensils. Another shot shows a hard boiled egg and one of the girl's destroying it. I suppose the egg represents the female reproductive process regarding releasing an egg each moth for possible fertilization. 

Overall, I really enjoyed the film for all of the different cuts, color, locations, and overall quality.