I'm tired of talking about exploitation film at garagepunk.com since you girls seen jackshit ('cept creeming yourself over fakeass crap like Death Proof), so now lets talk rare arthouse features. http://imdb.com/title/tt0063278 This grim and visually stunning Czech historical epic is one of the most impressive films I've ever laid my eyes on. Two family clans duke it out in the 13th century in the grey times of paganism and christianity. There's plenty of violence, nudity, wolves, hawks, snowy hills, and surreal images that evokes the very best of Kurosawa, Jodorowsky and Tarkovsky. It's out on dvd for the 1st time ever. "Marketa Lazarova" has been voted the best Czech movie ever. Anyone familar with other films by Frantisek Vlácil?

I'm sick of talking about exploitation film in general

"Have you seen this?"

"Naw man..."

"Have you seen this?"

"Nope, have you seen this?"

"I haven't, what about THIS?"

"Yeah, I didn't like it."

Unfortunately the only Czech filmmaker I can talk about is surrealist animator Jan Švankmajer.
I was turned onto his work by a friend many years ago and shortly after went out with a SFX artist who was greatly influenced by his work.

Maybe now is the time to find some works by other Czech auters?