The Smell of Petrol
Jiří Papoušek / Czechoslovakia / 1963 / The film already had its Czech Premiere / 17 min.
synopsis
Gasoline is like morphine and gas station attendants are like drug dealers. A colourfully intrusive hidden camera provides a picture of a road-tripping nation. Desire drives motorists onto the road, only to have a jovial employee pump the smell of distance and freedom into their metal guts.biography
Jiří Papoušek (1920 - 1996) was a Czech film director, editor and documentary filmmaker, who studied at a graphic design school, but from 1945 onwards was introduced to many film professions. From 1949 he made documentary films of various themes. He has shot a variety of genres, from reporting on the Vienna Youth Festival, documenting the Spartakiads of 1960 and 1965, to films from countries such as Cuba and the USSR. In his later years, he devoted himself primarily to sports documentaries.more about film
| director: | Jiří Papoušek |
contact
Juraj MachálekNárodní filmový archiv / National Film Archive
Malešická 14, 130 00 Praha 3
juraj.machalek@nfa.cz
Film at festival
| premiere type: | The film already had its Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2023 |
| section: | Czechoslovak Film Feuilleton |
| language: | Czech |
| subtitles: | No Subtitle |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Jiří Papoušek |
| original title: | Vůně benzinu |
| country: | Czechoslovakia |
| year: | 1963 |
| running time: | 17 min. |
