In Daisies (Vera Chytilova, Czechoslovakia, 1966, 74 mins.), a key film from the Czech New Wave, two uninhibited young women (both named Marie) turn against the numbing state of society in a madcap flurry of pranks and mat... more »erial destruction. Beneath the outrageous surface of this avant-garde comedy is a defiant feminist statement and an acknowledgement of the desperation that goes hand-in-hand with rebellion--a state of mind represented by one girl's attempted suicide. In Czech with English subtitles.« less