Daises

Daises was a film made in 1966 which was banned by the Czech goverment for controversial messages. It is hard for me to say what the plot was as it was one of the most chaotic films I’ve ever seen. However, given that the portrayal of women in the 1960’s was rarely ever done in the way that Daises did, I would say the film may have been mocking traditional gender roles. For one, they mocked men in that all of them who went on a date with Marie were only being used until they got fed up because they were not getting what they wanted, which was could’ve been sex or marriage. Also, both Maries acted very childish which was probably to mock the initialization of women. I also believe that this movie had been trying to criticize Czech society, or maybe society in general, in that people are no longer “good” any more; they are “spoiled”. I think this is why both Maries eat a lot, maybe they have given up being “good” and decide to do what they please which might make sense considering how the film started with the two speaking and moving like they were dolls lacking any autonomy and transition into eating the fruit of evil like in Adam and Eve. Therefore as young women they must have been tired of not being allowed to be who they are and the choaticness of the film techniques I think really emphasized their eagerness for things to change.

What do you believe was the film’s overarching message?