Jirí Menzel(1938-2020)

His debut feature Treni strettamente sorvegliati (1966) (Closely Watched Trains) was the 2nd Czechoslovakian feature to win the Academy Award for 'Best Foreign Language Film' after Il negozio al corso (1965). Menzel was later nominated again for Vesnicko má stredisková (1985).

[on censorship] Censorship was not invented by the communists. Through all cultural history there is censorship. Of course, if you are not adult enough, your parents tell you what you can do or what you can say, and when you are an adult, you know for yourself and you don't need parents to tell you. Censorship is the parents. Now, unfortunately society is not adult enough, and that's a problem. We lose our adults too early. Every one of us has their own censorship because censorship is another name for respect for other people. Or responsibility.