Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (Václav Vorlícek 1969)

[trep]

IMDb - 8.1/10 (34 votes)






[quote]Who Wants To Kill Jessie? is something entirely different, a thoroughly deadpan comedy-fantasy. I'd happily buy it on video if it were available, but, alas, special screenings in series like this seem to be the only way to see it. The story is a simple high-concept: Ruzenka Beránková (Dana Medrická) has created a formula that can remove elements from dreams (you can tell they've been removed, because there's a nifty television screen capable of showing a subject's dreams). What she doesn't realize is that these elements manifest themselves in the real world. Bad enough when it's the gadflys of a cow's nightmare, but when she uses it on her husband (Jirí Sovák), whose dreams include the characters from the comic strip "Who Wants To Kill Jessie?"... Well, it's bad enough that Jessie is a beautiful, blond, voluptuous girl (who is also a scientific genius), but the two men chasing her, a musclebound superhero and a gun-toting cowboy, cause serious damage to the apartment building and later city of Prague. And when the courts decide the husband should be liable - they are, after all, his dreams - more chaos ensues.

Jessie is quite short - IMDB lists it at 80 minutes - but doesn't waste any of its running time. Nearly every minute has something funny happening, whether it be a cow's dreams or the comic strip characters' penchant for speaking with word balloons. The film is shot in anamorphic black-and-white, and I'm not sure color would have helped it; it could have easily come out looking like the Batman live-action TV series or Austin Powers. The look of this 1966 movie suggests bright colors, but keeps it from looking garish or dated. It's also played perfectly straight - that Mrs. Beránková has a dream monitor in her bedroom isn't remarked upon, and the reactions to these comic-book characters running around Prague is stoic as can be.[/quote]

Another great movie from Delirium Vault... probably after DV closure, some users moved to the mule bringing their movies with them .
Thanks to Rashomon for sharing!

[quote]Length: 01:19:01 (118527 frms) 25 fps
Resolution: 624x256 (2.44:1)
Video: XviD 1109 kbps
Audio: MP3 48000Hz VBR 121 kb/s [/quote]


kdo.chce.zabit.jessii-kinobox.avi

ENGLISH SUBS (thanks Pifful):
http://www.mujweb.cz/www/engsubsforczmovies/
(scroll down to letter K - direct link is not allowed)

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English subs:

Who Wants to Kill Jesii.Vaclav Vorlicek.1966.srt

[Faeton]

Opps Forgot to say a big

THANK YOU!!

Another great movie from Delirium Vault... probably after DV closure, some users moved to the mule bringing their movies with them .

Is it bad to be glad of someone else's misfortunes?

[trep]

Is it bad to be glad of someone else's misfortunes?

I'm a bit scared because this morning I discovered in a few hours DV tracker will be up again
God have mercy of my poor HD!

[tethor]

God have mercy of my poor HD!

don't worry, trep

LaCie HD 1Tb 7.200 Rpm Hot Plug USB2/FW800 Big Retail
798,09€

that's an authentic DV

thanks to share!

[oscarriutort]

Subs en castellano como q no hay no?tiene muy buena pinta

[marchena]

Thanks Trep

[vespertilum]

Great trep, downloading

Salu2

[retroinvasor]

qué buena pinta!
me uno a la petición de subtítulos en castellano.
Mil gracias.

[Wagnerian]

Unome con vosotros a lo que sea...

Un saludo!!