Czech Journal: Tabloid Workers

synopsis

This documentary study of the mechanisms that turn the gears of the tabloids is conducted by the unique figure Pavel Novotný. This editor-in-chief of one of the most widely read Czech media outlets of the time, providing news from the world of show business and human misfortune, gets straight to the point. Readership is a fetish, an absolute alibi for all invasions of privacy and every transgression of good ethics. Seen up close, the whole cluster of disreputable reports looks like a staged tableau. Before the eager eyes of an anxious public, celebrities willingly or unwillingly perform acts that the scrutiny of the all-powerful tabloid workers attributes racy significance to.

“Ordinary people with difficult lives are calmed by the tabloids when they see that the elite and the rich also have their own misfortunes, debts and illnesses.”

Source: Czech Radio

biography

Vít Klusák (1980) is a Czech director and producer. He attracted public and critical attention with his feature debut Czech Dream (2004), which he made with his regular collaborator Filip Remunda. For his documentary film Caught in the Net (2020), which he co-directed with Barbora Chalupová, he received the Czech Lion and the Czech Film Critics Award.

more about film

director:	Vít Klusák
producer:	Kateřina Kovářová, Petr Kubica
script:	Vít Klusák
photography:	Jakub Halousek, Vít Klusák
editing:	Jana Vlčková