Valerie and Her Week of Wonders [Blu-ray]

If there's a fire in my house, first thing I would grab and run is DVD title <Time of the gypsis> by Emir Kusturica and <Double Life of Veronique) by Krzysztof Kieslowski. But that has been just changed.I don't have to grab two titles anymore cause I just need one which is <Valerie and Her Week of Wonders> will be enough.This movie is a magic. It is like all of my dreams come true. Art of all art movies. It is in some way experimental but not difficult to watch. It is not like one of the Kenneth Anger's or Maya Deren's one of those legendary experimental filmmaker who wants to show how great they can show that their movie can be as far difficult it could be.This movie is poetic and so beautiful that it is like seeing someone's dream and even something that I shouldn't peak because it's so pure.Yes, there is evil and demons and even vampire in it. But they all seem so innocent.The music include charming bell and lullaby make the movie even more like seeing something totally innocent.The only difference between two movies that I own which are <Time of the gypsis> by Emir Kusturica and <Dobule Life of Veronique) by Krzysztof Kieslowski and this is that the two, it took years to actually buy them since they are so rare and took so much time to be released into dvd and this one it was so easy to achieve.The best thing about this movie was 1. It was re-transferred into 4K HD telecine. So the picture was so so pure and bright. 2. Each shots are so beautiful that I preyed so much that this movie will never end. 3. There are not even a single person to be hate just like one of the Hayao's animation. Even the devils are really lovable.The background tone was totally gothic and oldfashioned and it really made me felt like beeing in a fantasy world or in a fairy tale world.The vaimpire and blood sucking and all the things at the end seems like 13 year old Valere's dream. At the end everything came back to normal.The 13 old girl was actually the best thing in this movie. She was the most pure and innocent creature of all men kind. The camera shows everything in all kinds of aspect throughly. We cannot but to fall in love with her. It doesn;t matter how old she is. ( I think she is not 13 actually. She is like 20)Her room is like a doll house and if I can, I would like to posses it and keep it forever even if I am a man.Everything in this film from small piece to big furnitures seem to have meanings. And they are so delicious.The moment slow motion when actors are moving seems like I've never seen it like that before. Totally a new technique. I was like my mouth wide opened and totally mesmerised into that shot like forever.Oh, it's a Czechoslovakia and the subtitle is great by the way.But there are not many dialogue anyway.I can die for this movie. I won't even regret even if I die now becase I saw this one.

Lots of blood and blood sucking

A surreal film perhaps best enjoyed as a series of gifsets on tumblr. I respect it a lot, but theres not a lot going for it besides how weird it is. Weird is good. I respect it a lot.

Outstanding. I was watching an earlier DVD that looked like it was shot on film - maybe 16mm - and then transferred to video, then shifted to film after a few vid generations.... I stopped watching. It had captured me, but I couldn't watch it. I searched Amazon and sure enough there was a brand new Blu-ray transfer from the original. Two days after the heartbreak of psoriasis, I could see again, and with new ears included. Another masterful Criterion edition. Thank you

I really just HAD to see this....with all I'd read and all the modern psychedelic musicians loving this,well,it was something I had to experience.I was prepared to just shrug my shoulders if it turned out super bloody or violent (like Jadorowski......Been there ,seen that),or weirdly fetishistic (like Kenneth Anger's sometimes soft gay-porn-ish-ness,again....I've been through that),or even sickeningly strange like Dali's "eye cutting" scene in his one early film.....But, you know what, this is a pretty easy going film with lots to love about it, neat arty scenes , a mysterious storyline, and barring a slightly squeamish ,very tastefully done segment that hints at a bit of lesbian leaning (just an experimentation ....I think),this could be seen by anyone and enjoyed. Many "art" films go way beyond and push many boundaries....and this one does have it's moment,...but nothing too extreme or wild that it couldn't just be thought of as a hallucination of the girl who is the movie's main focus.I found this coming of age movie pretty enjoyable, for it's great mysterious scenes ,the twisted plot, and over-all feel. This one is a keeper. Something I could find a bit different every time I watch. I do see how in it's day it must have been very "foreward" for the era of it's release, and daring because of what government was in charge at the time too.

A 100% on RottenTomatoes, & Surrealism of the highest kind. Ever since finding out about this movie long ago, I knew it would be a fine example of good old fashion film making.After watching this ,after getting it today, I can say I see why it's so loved as a movie of Art.Criterion Collection, I do love the movies you bring back. Already having a few of your best & stranger films, "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders" is an excellent addition to own.Anyone who understand True Art you really must get this movie.

As usual with Criterion, this is an excellent package. The film is unusual, a wild fantasia from the perspective of a young girl. There are excellent supplemental materials, which really do help to provide the film with a cultural and artistic context. In particular, the three shorts by the director Jaromil Jires show his imagistic talents in development.

If you like movies that are a bit different from the usual fare, VALERIE is one not to be overlooked. Imaginative, colorful and full ofunforgettable images and music, VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS is one of a kind. I hope other viewers enjoy it as muchas I did.