Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)

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Genre: Comedy • Sci-fi Director: Václav Vorlícek Starring: Dana Medrická, Jirí Sovák, Olga Schoberová, Juraj Visny, Karel Effa Language: Czech Duration: 80 min. Rating: 7.4   Summary: A scientist invents a machine that projects a sleeping person’s dreams on a screen. The trouble begins when she tries the contraption out on her husband and discovers his dreams are filled with cartoon-like characters doing outrageous things.  Disaster soon follows when the machine malfunctions and the dream characters become very real. Who Wants to Kill Jessie? is a Czechoslovak film written and directed by Václav Vorlicek.  It premiered at the 1966 Locarno Film Festival, where it received a Special Mention award. This comic book inspired romp stars Czech bombshell Olga Schoberová, who is perhaps the Czech equivalent to Marilyn Monroe or Brigitte Bardot, as the title character Jessie.  Looking at her, it’s hard to believe anyone would ever want to kill her.  It follows a scientist couple, the husband (Jirí Sovák) a professor, and the wife (Dana Medrická) a dream researcher who has invented a device to cure bad dreams.  When she tries out her machine on her husband, the cartoon characters from his dreams materialize and quickly start to cause uncontrollable havoc.  Though not very substantial or realistic, this equally funny, zany, and sexy film is a highly enjoyable watch.  Vorlicek puts together an original comedy with great style, while using some clever tricks like using speech bubbles for the dream characters’ dialog.  Shot in widescreen and black and white, the visuals are crisp and though the special effects are dated, they don’t detract from the experience at all.  Overall a fun watch if you are in the mood for some light and silly comedy done in the free spirited Czech New Wave style.   — Bonjour Tristesse

Genre: Comedy • Sci-fi
Director: Václav Vorlícek
Starring: Dana Medrická, Jirí Sovák, Olga Schoberová, Juraj Visny, Karel Effa
Language: Czech
Duration: 80 min.
Rating: 7.4  

Summary:

A scientist invents a machine that projects a sleeping person’s dreams on a screen. The trouble begins when she tries the contraption out on her husband and discovers his dreams are filled with cartoon-like characters doing outrageous things.  Disaster soon follows when the machine malfunctions and the dream characters become very real.

Who Wants to Kill Jessie? is a Czechoslovak film written and directed by Václav Vorlicek.  It premiered at the 1966 Locarno Film Festival, where it received a Special Mention award.

This comic book inspired romp stars Czech bombshell Olga Schoberová, who is perhaps the Czech equivalent to Marilyn Monroe or Brigitte Bardot, as the title character Jessie.  Looking at her, it’s hard to believe anyone would ever want to kill her.  It follows a scientist couple, the husband (Jirí Sovák) a professor, and the wife (Dana Medrická) a dream researcher who has invented a device to cure bad dreams.  When she tries out her machine on her husband, the cartoon characters from his dreams materialize and quickly start to cause uncontrollable havoc. 

Though not very substantial or realistic, this equally funny, zany, and sexy film is a highly enjoyable watch.  Vorlicek puts together an original comedy with great style, while using some clever tricks like using speech bubbles for the dream characters’ dialog.  Shot in widescreen and black and white, the visuals are crisp and though the special effects are dated, they don’t detract from the experience at all.  Overall a fun watch if you are in the mood for some light and silly comedy done in the free spirited Czech New Wave style.  

— Bonjour Tristesse

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Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)