MASTERS OF CINEMA: Czech New Wave

 The Masters of Cinema film series continued at the National Gallery of Art on September 22 with a fascinating lecture by Director of the National Film Archive in Prague, Michal Bregant, who spoke before a full audience about the work of the renowned filmmakers of the 1960s artistic movement known as the Czech New Wave. Bregant also revealed director Miloš Forman’s early days as an assistant to stage director Alfréd Radok, who had Forman act after Forman could not find an actor to fill a part. Of course, Forman has acted on several occasions since that time, recently in the film Beloved.