I. The General Theory and the original
works are masterpieces of the Czech New Wave. "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders" was filmed in 1970 from the beginning of its release. It was praised. The film integrates a series of content such as religion, legend, blood relationship, and eroticism, and has become the masterpiece of the Czech New Wave movement at the end of the period.
The film is adapted from a novel written by Czech poet Vítězslav Nezval (1900—1958) in 1935. For Vítězslav Nezval, domestic readers will not know it very well. As one of the most prolific Czech writers in the early 20th century, Nezval was deeply influenced by the French Surrealist Movement (The French Surrealist Movement) in the 1920s, and was the first to establish the first surrealist group outside of France in the Czech Republic. A group of colleagues started a difficult exploration together, and "Valerie and Her Miracle Week" was born under this background. The novel came out in 1935, but it was not published until 1945. After its publication, Czech critics did not pay much attention to the work. Even the sporadic attention was mainly negative. Only the writer Ludvik Kundera called on people to pay attention to the "novel itself", acknowledging that the novel originated from France. German traditional romanticism, but with little influence. It wasn't until Jaromil Jireš (1935—2001) put the work on the screen in 1970 that the novel itself received renewed attention.
Two, dream analysis
The film is not long, only 73 minutes, but it perfectly visualizes the 38 chapters of Nezval's novel. The story takes place in a small town in the Czech Republic in the early 19th century. The 13-year-old girl Valerie (Valerie) was stolen by a thief in her sleep with her earrings. Then there was a quarrel. Valerie walked into the yard (The Magic Yard) and found that the mastermind was a man with a skunk face. , The young thief was named Orlik, he called the former constable, and the two seemed to be arguing about Valerie's earrings. Then the earrings were miraculously returned, and the uninvited guests disappeared. Valerie was strolling in the yard. A few drops of blood were splashed on the flowers beside her (actually menarche). She picked up the petals, rushed back to the bedroom, and fell asleep with the petals in her hand.
Early the next morning, Valerie met her grandmother (Babicka) at breakfast. It was obvious that her grandmother was a stern, rigid and religious person. The conversation between the two was very difficult, and her grandmother kept warning Valerie to be careful about it. earrings. Then my grandmother mentioned the visiting missionary (Gracian), but Valerie didn’t care, she cared more about the crowd outside the window-a wedding team, the bride was her childhood playmate Hedvika (Hedvika) , The groom is an old and stingy landlord (Landowner) in the local area. Valerie felt incredible about the combination of the two, but her grandmother disagreed. At this moment, the sheriff appeared in the team. Seeing this, the grandmother collapsed on a chair, waiting for Valerie's question to send her to practice piano.
Soon a white dove flew into the room with a letter tied to his leg, the letter came from Olik. In the letter, Olik described the reason why he was forced to steal the earrings and his relationship with the sheriff. He also hoped that Valerie would hang the dress in the summer house when he went to the girl's exhortation meeting (The Sermon) so that he could recognize her. Come. Afterwards, Valerie destroyed the letter and went to the exhortation meeting at the urging of her grandmother.
However, the exhortation meeting was actually presided over by the skunk-faced sheriff (now he claims to be a servant of God). The all-black attire, cold voice and explicit words are sending bad messages to the girls present, Valais Li shed tears. After the exhortation meeting was over, Valerie did not find Ollick immediately, so she returned to the square, but found him tied up unexpectedly there. Obviously Ollick was punished. Valerie loosened his tie for him and awakened him, while Olik was still immersed in the devil's troubles. Before the two settled down, a group of naked men began to chase Olik, but the latter easily escaped, and the first meeting between the two ended in this way.
The camera turned back to Valerie. At this time she was walking alone on the way home. Unexpectedly, she was wrapped in the sheriff’s black cloak behind her. The latter wanted her to lead the way to the slum (consolation?), the kind Valerie agreed . In the end, he came to a dark room with an extremely weird interior. The sheriff had bad intentions and asked Valerie to look out through the small hole in the wall. Valerie realizes that she is next door to the house (actually the cellar), because she sees her grandmother whipping herself severely next to the missionary (the two obviously have an affair). The horror picture frightened Valerie extremely. At this moment, Olik attacked the sheriff and rescued Valerie.
I don't know how long it took, Valerie woke up and was in her chicken coop with Olik. Ollick played music to comfort Valerie, but was drunk by the sheriff. At this time, the camera turned to the courtyard, and the grandmother was holding a gun at the sheriff, suspecting it was a thief. The sheriff took off the mask calmly and kindly called her grandmother Elisa. My grandmother quickly realized that she was facing her lover Richard, whom she had not seen for many years, but was frightened by his youthful appearance, so she asked her the secret of youth and expressed her willingness to dedicate everything for this. The sheriff took the opportunity to ask for this big house (this was his property before). Although the grandmother realized that this was tantamount to betraying Valerie, she was still willing to go crazy about it, and the two finally decided to sign a contract on the wedding night of Heidvika and start. At the same time, the two people in the chicken coop were watching closely. Olik took out a pearl (which was originally hidden in Valerie's earrings), saying that swallowing it would save Valerie, and then left in a hurry. This is the end of the second meeting.
Then the next day, grandmother feasted the missionaries outdoors. The missionary did not forget to show off his heroic deeds in the interlocking coquettish, and then talked about Valerie's father, a respected archbishop. Valerie asked how many children her father had, but unexpectedly learned that Olik was her brother, which made her embarrassed. After the meal, Valerie went back to the room, not forgetting Olic, and then undressed and went to bed. At this moment, the wretched preacher came in and tried to assault her. Valerie knew that she could not resist, so she swallowed the pearl given by Olik, was saved, and scared the preacher away.
The camera turns back to the grandmother and the sheriff. The two have signed an agreement, only waiting for the newlyweds to arrive. At midnight, the guests had already left, and the newlyweds were preparing to spend the night, and Valerie watched all this through a layer of veil. Just as the couple was ignorant and affectionate, the grandmother and the sheriff appeared behind them like a ghost. The grandmother took the opportunity to bit Heidevica's neck (in exchange for her youth), and soon disappeared into the night with the sheriff. Valerie saw that Hedwicka was slowly getting old, she understood what was going on, and rushed to the wild in fright.
At this time, the scenery was beautiful and picturesque, and Valerie heard Olik’s groan, who was undergoing a waterboarding by the sheriff. Regardless of the danger, Valerie stepped forward to rescue Olik, and the two embraced in the water. Then Valerie blindfolded Olik's eyes with a cloth, and he took him to his home. On the way, Olik recounted his experience and exposed the vampire nature of the sheriff. Entering the yard, Valerie was horrified to find that the missionary was hung on the balcony (attempted suicide?), but Olik was very calm. The two worked together to carry the missionary into the cellar. There were many coffins here. Olik said that the coffins were all people who had been soaked in blood by the sheriff. They opened the coffin to verify that they found that his grandmother was inside, and Valerie fainted with fright. Entering the house, Valerie wanted to entertain Ollick, but found a young and beautiful woman walking out. The woman claimed to be Valerie's distant cousin (everyone knows the actual identity), and wanted to share the house with Valerie, and Valerie agreed. After Ollick settled down, the exhausted Valerie returned to the house to go to bed. But soon, the "cousin" entered the room with vampire fangs, and took away the sleeping Valerie.
Then the picture dimmed again, and with the strong rhythm of music, Valerie woke up and realized that she was in the attic. Looking in the dark, Valerie looked through a gap in the floor and found that the "cousin" was seducing Andrew the coachman and then sucking his blood. Valerie found that her earrings were missing again, but from another gap she saw the "cousin" trying to seduce Olik. After being rejected, she asked Olik to leave, and the two broke up unhappy. Then the "cousin" came to the attic, preparing to kill Valerie, Olik stood up at the critical moment to rescue the United States successfully.
The subsequent scenes are extremely warm, Valerie lying on the sofa, Olik is sitting on the bookcase and playing the "Blond Girl Good Night" music, the harmonious atmosphere is enviable. Valerie admitted that the "cousin" was actually her grandmother after her transformation, and believed that she had stolen the earrings, but Olic took out two other pearls (also hidden in the earrings) to Valerie and warned Valerie Li beware of the sheriff, saying that he is about to die in the cellar. After that, Olik showed love to Valerie, and Valerie said in horror that the two were brothers and sisters. Ollick was taken aback and said that his father was the sheriff, but Valerie had already rushed out and the two separated again.
Valerie came to the crowded bazaar, stole a cage of chickens, and rushed back to the cellar (where she witnessed her grandmother flogging herself). In the cellar, the "cousin" was torturing the dying sheriff, asking for a way to stay young. The latter claimed that he was Valerie's biological father, the archbishop of the year, calling Valerie's name. When the "cousin" left, Valerie stepped forward to help the sheriff. After finding that he was unable to suck blood, Valerie opened the chicken coop, bit the chicken neck, and rescued him with a mouth full of blood. In the end, the sheriff regained his vigor. However, the "father and daughter" have not yet exchanged feelings, and the sheriff's nature is exposed, and he tries to tarnish Valerie. In desperation, Valerie swallowed a pearl to protect herself.
After that, it was in the cellar, and the "cousin" cried out the name of the missionary (a masterpiece of Valerie and Olic) lying on the coffin, but then found that he was not dead. Then the sheriff arrived and put the unconscious Valerie on another coffin, and proposed to exchange Olic’s heart for Valerie’s resurrection (he thought Valerie was dead), but the "cousin" hoped to use this method forever. Remaining youthful, the two then left (look for Orlick?) Valerie woke up and helped the wretched missionary to leave the cellar. The kind-hearted Valerie was cursed by the missionary again at this time (so thick-skinned!). Then Valerie found a letter!
The letter comes from Olik. In the letter, Olik expressed his determination to leave and expressed regret for Valerie's rescue of the sheriff. In the end, Olik vowed that the sheriff was definitely not the father of the two. Valerie shed tears in pain. By coincidence, Heidevica passed by and invited Valerie to her house. In the spacious and bright room, the old Heidevica suddenly burst into tears, thinking that she had been cursed by the vampire, and showing the marks on her neck, Valerie quickly stepped forward to comfort her. In the end, the two fell asleep in mutual encouragement. In the early morning of the next day, Hedwicka found that he had healed and attributed it to Valerie's kiss. Both friends smiled.
A shocking scene is about to happen. Valerie returned to the square, where the wretched preacher was accusing Valerie's "crimes" to the residents of the town, claiming that she was seduced by her and slandered her as a witch. Valerie retorted righteously, but couldn't shake the preacher's confusion. Under his instigation, several big men tied Valerie to the stake and set it on fire. Facing the preacher's integrity, Valerie refused to "confess his guilt" and made naive faces. As it burned, Valerie knew she could not escape, so she swallowed the last pearl, which turned into smoke and disappeared into the fire.
The stake behind the fire was empty, and Valerie had long been gone. At the same time, on the other side of the town, Valerie, who was reborn, found that only half of the last life-saving pearl was used. This is when she noticed a strange sound coming from the house, she walked in without hesitation. In the dim room, the crowd was reveling, the half-naked women laughed lewdly, and the sheriff sat in the room peacefully. Seems to be boring for himself, the sheriff kept teasing a big man, who could not fight back. Valerie thought of the pearl, and she quietly put it into the sheriff's glass. The triumphant sheriff drank the wine completely, and a big man took the opportunity to sneak attack from behind and stabbed the demon with a dagger. The sheriff smashed the wine glass, then fell down in pain, never able to get up again. In the end, people were surprised to find that there was no one under the robe on the ground, except for a skunk hurriedly fleeing. Screams erupted from the crowd, men and women fleeing, Valerie took the opportunity to slip out of the room and walked onto the street. People are sending off the missionaries.
Valerie, who has lost her grandmother, brother, and trust, feels extremely confused. From the bottom of her heart, she hopes that none of this has happened. Back in the yard, Valerie was surprised to find Olik sleeping soundly in the greenhouse. The return of her relatives made her feel safe and happy. She couldn't bear to wake him up, Valerie walked into the greenhouse cautiously, kissed Ollick, then returned to her room, and fell asleep in a sense of incomparable safety.
How beautiful the sunshine the next day! Valerie wandered around the restaurant, but her grandmother suddenly appeared. At this time, in Valerie's heart, grandmother was no longer the majestic and rigid grandmother. She tried to inquire about her grandmother's experience and the whereabouts of the missionaries, but she only asked three questions. She did it on purpose, Valerie thought. At this time, a voice came from outside the window, it was Olik! The grandmother explained that he was just a circus juggler (really strange, isn't it?), and then bought a few tickets with a hanging basket. Valerie took the ticket and heated it to the candles, and a few lines appeared on the paper, telling Valerie not to go to the theater, but to immediately go to the Blue Lagoon. Suddenly, the chicken coop was in a mess, and a skunk was attacking the chicken flock. Andrew the coachman (isn't he dead?), despite Valerie's plea (that skunk may be the "poor" sheriff), he shot and the skunk was killed immediately. Valerie stepped forward to check, but was surprised to find that the skunk was wearing her earrings! Before she could react, the maid ran out, crying, grandmother was going to die!
Valerie rushed into the house, and her grandmother was lying on the bed, her face aged and pale, very different from her "cousin". Valerie wiped her grandmother's cheeks in pain. At this time, something strange happened, and the carriage outside the house drove away by itself without a coachman! The grandmother sighed that it was good news, and then began to repent. It turned out that Valerie's mother fell in love with the young hunter and gave birth to two children. The grandmother's lover Richard claimed that the child belonged to him, which caused the grandmother to drive away the mother, but left the child. In the end, the boy Olik was taken away by Richard and Valerie became an orphan. Before leaving, my mother was told that she would be forgiven only when the carriage went to pick her up by himself, so it would be thirteen years to leave.
The carriage drove back to the yard, driven by Ollick, and brought back Valerie's biological parents. After more than ten years of separation, the family was reunited again. After being forgiven by grandmother, the family drove away. With the sound of wonderful music, the carriage drove into an idyllic dream. Valerie saw a lot, whether it was a sheriff, missionary, Hedvika or a laughing crowd, everything seemed so harmonious, beautiful, and dreamy at this time. Surrounded by them, Valerie lay on a bed deep in the forest. Then, the picture was silent and everything was quiet again. Only a ray of sunlight passed through the dense forest to soothe the sleeping Valerie.
3. The hint
of surrealism As a representative of the surrealist works of the last century, whether it is the original work or the movie, "Valerie and Her Miracle Week" implies Freudian ideas everywhere, and the boundaries between dreams and reality may not be the same. Not so clear.
The whole work can be divided into three parts, Dream, Reality and "New" Reality, or in another way, Subconscious, Conscious and Ultra Reality" ("Surreality"). The first part starts with Valerie waking up to meet Ollick in the greenhouse and returns to the house to go to bed; the second part wakes up from the second day to the bedside of his grandmother's bed to confess; the final reunion and pastoral dreams are the third part. Obviously, dreams occupies most of the work. That is exactly the stage where Valerie’s swelling sexual consciousness (Sexuality) shows. From the perspective of the whole work, it’s the reunion with the other half she lost in her heart—Olick. Before and after the separation, the two are a community tightly bound by water and fire (Valerie rescued Olic from the water, and Olic rescued Valerie from the fire), which continued until the end of the first part, The wretched missionary left, and Valerie could finally fall asleep peacefully without any fear in the company of Olik, which was paving the way for her to really wake up the next day.
In the second part, the transition from dream to reality is soft and unobvious (most people don’t realize that Valerie is really awake). The feeling of reality and dreams seem to be the same, except for the strange performance of his grandmother (everything is Valerie). Li's dream, no wonder she has no impression). The mark connecting the subconscious and subconscious here is Olik's second letter, which confirms his true existence. But then all this is gone and gone, just like the dream before dawn, the earrings on the skunk and the grandmother’s confession broke everything, nothing can prevent Valerie’s reunify with her lost partner (Reunify the androgyne).
Now reality no longer has any meaning. The people and things in the third part are a combination of dream and reality. Among the carnival crowd are Olik, parents, Heidevica, sheriff, and surrealism is reflected here. It's so vivid and vivid. Surrounded by reality and illusion, Valerie slept in the forest, ending her miraculous week, and staying in her "in the" innocent happy lost paradise of childhood")
about oil lamps and moths
In "Valerie and Her Miracle Week", both the original and the movie, the oil lamp and the moths around it appear repeatedly. At the beginning of the movie, there was an oil lamp standing in front of the house. Afterwards, Valerie walked into the yard holding it; before the wretched missionary tried to invade Valerie, the oil lamp and the moth appeared again; Valerie was there for the last time. Before seeing Orlick in the dream, the camera turned to them again; in the original book, the final scene takes place on the edge of a cliff, the grandmother is holding an oil lamp, but the moths never fly... it is worth noting Yes, when the oil lamp and the moth appear at the same time, bad things often happen; when the moth disappears, the story tends to be complete. From this point of view, the oil lamp illuminates Valerie's path to explore miracles, while the moths are constantly interfering with her. This is a hint given to us by the author, a tortuous and rugged road of consciousness exploration.
Regarding the mysterious flower girl
, there is no such role in Vítězslav Nezval's original work, which is obviously added deliberately by the director. The girl appeared repeatedly in the movie, as many as a dozen times. When the missionaries go in and out of the city, at the exhortation meeting, among the carnival crowd, at the bazaar, beside the stake, in the rural scenery, etc., every time they appear, they almost bring a mysterious smile and a basket of flowers. , Sometimes sell flowers, sometimes throw flowers, and sometimes even help deliver Olik’s letters. In addition to simplifying the plot in the original work, the director must have other intentions when appearing so frequently. Looking back at the whole film, when the mysterious girl appeared, it was almost always when Valerie encountered difficulties or needed help. At this moment, she would offer some flowers, some were accepted, some were rejected, and some were straightforward. Throw it on the ground. Perhaps we can understand her as Valerie in the subconscious. Whenever it is difficult, Valerie's desire and helplessness create such a fragile image. She can only express her inner happiness, anger, sorrow, and powerlessness with beautiful flowers. To change reality, the inner hesitation of the girl is imaged in the form of characters, which is obviously the subtlety of film art. As for what it is, we don't have to go into it, we can only say that Valerie is different in everyone's mind, presumably Director Jaromil Jireš will think so too.
About Valerie's sexual awakening
The film "Valerie and Her Miracle Week" depicts the heart throbbing of an adolescent girl in sexual awakening in an extremely obscure and bold way. From the overall point of view, this depiction can be roughly divided into two levels of depth. The shallow description is clearer. From the blood-splattered petals at the beginning of the film, to the sheriff's explicit words at the admonition meeting, to the missionary who tried to assault herself, and the wedding night of Heidvika, all revealed the girl Valais. Li's curiosity and fear about sex. From a deeper level, the mysterious and even incestuous family background, the mystery of the parents, the meeting and separation between the grandmother and the sheriff, and the brother and lover Olik, support the entire week of miracles. In the last idyllic scenery, facing all the characters and events, Valerie no longer fears, but treats them with a smile. Obviously, after experiencing the baptism of sex in dreams and reality, her sexual consciousness has been awakened, and she believes in the future. Over the years, Valerie will face all this with a normal heart.
4. The New Wave of Czech Cinema and Jaromil Jireš
began in the early 1960s and ended in the early 1970s. The new wave of Czech cinema is considered to be another hugely influential film movement after the new wave of French cinema. During this period, the Czech Republic A large number of excellent film works appeared in Slovakia, most well-known are Milos Forman's "Blonde in Love" (1965) and "The Ball in the Fire Park" (1967), Emma Kloss and Yang. Kadar's "Store on the Street" (1965) won the 1965 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Director); Giri Menzel's "Closely Guarded Train" (1966) won the 1966 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Benefiting from a relatively complete structure of the film industry, a deep literary tradition, and a large number of talented, specially trained and experienced film screenwriters, Czechoslovakian films rose unprecedentedly in the 1960s until the failure of the "Prague Spring". Still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Jaromil Jireš is an outstanding representative of these outstanding filmmakers. As early as 1958, Jaromil Jireš stepped into the Czech cinema with his FAMU graduation work "Sal ztracenych kroku" (Sal ztracenych kroku), which was very bold politically and formally, and quickly became himself "Important rookie". Nevertheless, it was his other work "Cry" (Krik, 1963, aka The First Cry) that really pushed him to the forefront of Czechoslovak movies. As one of the first films to announce the arrival of the new Czechoslovakian scene (also Ur’s "Sunrise in the Nest" (Slnko v sieti, 1962) and Sitilova’s "Something Else" (O necem jinem , 1963)), "Cry" tells the touching story of a young couple and their children in a complicated and non-chronological way. Although there are cunning political hints and tricks that deviate from the main thrust of socialist realism, the Czech authorities have been overwhelmed with the radicalization of those of Jireš's peers, so they did not take this film into consideration; in fact, they highly praised it. This film is used as a model for the promotion of "actively popularizing film production." Jireš felt very uncomfortable with this evaluation and began to talk about politics with great interest in his later script writing. The resolute and uncompromising image caused his script to be repeatedly executed by the party and government inspection agencies; although he was still very active in the Czech film industry, he was banned from shooting feature films for four years. The short-lived democratization process initiated by the Dubcek regime brought Jireš back to work and filmed a critical realist film "Joke" adapted from a novel by Milan Kundera's severe accusation against Stalin's regime. Although the joke was full of gunpowder (the film was erased from the official biography published many years later), Jireš, the "lucky guy", was the only one in the August 1968 Soviet invasion and subsequent "normalization" years. Czech New Wave cadres who are still allowed to make movies. "Valerie and Her Miracle Week" is his masterpiece of the year. It is Jireš's return to the poetic video style and is considered to be the last well-known work in the Czech New Wave movement. After that, Jireš made many films and won many awards until his death in Prague in 2001.
5. Valerie forever-Yaroslava Shalerova's
film "Valerie and Her Miracle Week" is so successful, in addition to the efforts of the original book and the crew, the starring Yaroslava Shalerova Lova contributed a lot. People may not remember her complicated name, but they will never forget her wonderful performance. She in the movie perfectly shows the image of Valerie and becomes the iconic representative of this movie. Until now, whenever people mention this movie, they will first think of that beautiful girl with long hair. Even in 2006, when a group of artists in Philadelphia started a movement called "The Valerie Project" (the movement directly contributed to the film’s revival nearly forty years later), all The posters are also 13-year-old Shalerova.
Jaroslava Schallerová was born on April 25, 1956 in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia. Her father has acting experience, but he does not want his children to enter the industry. Benefiting from ballet and rhythmic gymnastics, Shalerova had a superior physical talent since she was a child. In her own words, her film career unexpectedly began in 1968, when her friend asked her if she wanted to audition for a film role. In the end, even though Shalerova lost her friend, she won an audition among the 1,500 girls who participated in the competition and later became her most admired film --- the poetic surrealist film "Valerie and Her" "A Wonderful Week" opportunity. The producer was fascinated by her romantic and fragile appearance, deep eyes and excellent physical talent from the beginning, but since her voice has never been professionally trained, director Jaromil Jireš specially invited professional actor Slavka Spankova for her. Dubbing.
After becoming famous, Shalerova did not feel the pressure to continue participating in the competition, because many movies took the initiative to find her. Obviously Shalerova has become an ideal romantic girl, not only in the Czech Republic, but also in Hungary and East Germany. She is even more popular abroad than in her home country.
In 1973, Shalerova met her future husband, Petrem Poradou, and jointly completed the latter's first film. Petrem Poradou is a sports gymnast who once performed juggling in a circus. Later they began to fall in love and got married in 1974. After the birth of two sons in 1977 and 1978, the young mother's acting career began to decline. Restricted by the role of mother, some producers began to refuse her to play. Shalerova obviously did not have enough ambition to work for herself. After a large number of actors of the same type appeared, she was no longer the young girl back then. Since the late 1980s, she has played multiple roles one after another, but she has also become the swan song of her acting career.
In 1989, Shalerova graduated from the School of Beauty, and together with his sister and mother, opened a home cosmetics company. In her short acting career, she participated in the shooting of more than 40 films, which is a considerable number, and most professional actors will not have such a record. In many films she participated in, Shalerova played an important supporting role, even though the success of "Valerie and Her Miracle Week" has never been replicated. But it is undeniable that as the most beautiful and active movie star in the Czech Republic in the 70s, the image of Jaroslava Shalerova has been deeply imprinted in the hearts of a large number of audiences. In their eyes, Shalerova is their permanent Valerie.
VI. Around the film
1. The original work of "Valerie and Her Miracle Week" was only available in Czech for a long time. Until 2005, the Czech independent bookseller Twested Spoon Press hired David Short to copy it. Translated into English and published, it is now available on Amazon (Amzon.com), etc., and domestic readers can buy it in the excellent Amazon import book section;
2. The movie version of "Valerie and Her Miracle Week" was released in January 2004 The Facets Video label was first released in the United States, and a DVD of the film was released in June at Redemption Films Ltd in the United Kingdom. In 2008, the British Second Run DVD released a new digitally restored version of the film;
3. The "Valerie Project" started in Philadelphia in 2006. Its members include Greg Weeks, Brooke Sietinsons, Helena Espvall, Margaret Wienk, Jesse Sparhawk, Jim Ayre, Tara Burke, Mary Lattimore, Jessica Weeks, Charles Cohen and others. They Produced several background music for playing during the movie screening.
Thanks to their efforts, the film was screened at the New York Modern Arts Museum in 2006-2008, and caused a sensation; 4. The soundtrack of the film was completed by Lubos Fiser (1935-1999), and its melody was extremely beautiful. , Its original soundtrack was released in 2006, there are CD and LP versions, and is now available on Amazon (Amzon.com), etc.;
5. Finally, the full lyrics of Ollick’s music for Valerie are presented to commemorate this greatness. Works:
Good night,my gentle magician,
Hear your nymph as she sobs aloud,
Hear her weep in her dejection,
As the night weaves her a shroud,
Good night,my golden-haired maiden,
Good night and may you sweetly sleep,
When you wake, my ladylove,
For ever and aye your secret keep.
zhanziyihao
August 9, 2012
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