Talk:The Firemen's Ball

Unsourced statements
All unsourced statements are from an interview with Milos Forman in the Criterion Collection dvd release of the film, also quoted in the essay by J. Hoberman on the criterion site.

No actors?
I haven't seen the film, but I vaguely remember some documentary shots from audition for it, contrasting pathetic amateur singers with a professional one (perhaps Hana Hegerova) - certainly the firemen played themselves, but I think there were some professional actors as well. 89.102.137.191 16:22, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

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Was the film banned?
An unsourced claim in this article stated that the film was not in fact banned in Czechoslovakia. I looked into the matter and tried to find any sources to support that claim, and found none. I found many which stated that the film was initially shown in the country until the Soviet crackdown and invasion in 1968, after which it was banned "forever" and Forman was forced to leave the country. That seems to be the standard story in the English language literature, and I have edited the article to reflect that. If anyone has any more insight into the question, we can consider amending the article. Toadchavay (talk) 07:07, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

ponti
it should be made clear that ponti pulled his financing b/c he found the film too short. i am guessing he might have implied "silly" or "amateurish" as well, tho i cannot find anything beyond "short" just yet. either way, article right now makes it sound like he found content OFFENSIVE like the czech authorities. i find no evidence this was at all the case.

should be made clear he objected solely(?) due to its length. 2601:19C:527F:A660:DC8A:84D8:E045:9F2C (talk) 09:55, 1 February 2023 (UTC)