The Junk Shop Page #2

Synopsis: Juraj Herz adapts Bohumil Hrabal's story about a man who works in a junk shop.
Genre: Comedy, Short
Director(s): Juraj Herz
Production: Criterion Collection
 
IMDB:
7.0
Year:
1965
31 min
35 Views


Oh Lord...

Look for it properly

or I'll show you...

Come up!

Your boss really wants it in pieces?

Yes, he wants to bring it home

piece by piece.

Why are you so sad?

Because of the metal plaques?

That too, but it's mostly our flock.

They steal flowers in parks

to bring them to the church and say,

"A good servant of God should change

the water three times a day."

Do you understand?

To cut the stalks...

Look, a saddle...

So the flowers can drink... One hundred

and twenty vases and fifty tins

and I have to change the water!

The neck next?

The neck...

Why don't you get married?

It's a beautiful thing to be able

to open your heart to someone,

with the occasional row at night,

the furniture flying around...

It would change your view of the world,

and of your dearest.

Our flock is hard work.

I recently surprised a woman

near the vestry,

fixing her suspenders.

Fine thighs she had...

But she shouted at me,

"Look away, you pervert!"

Why should I have looked away?

This one we can cut above the knees.

We're like surgeons...

Having children

is also good for a marriage.

How wonderful it is

when your son gets arrested

and always worrying about

your daughter getting knocked up?!

And the shoes?

No, Hana, but you can take that angel

and cut its wings off.

This one will be good for the fire.

It's been blessed.

Nobody wants it, but it burns like petrol!

I'd certainly like

to chop up angel's wings for fuel

and then put the legs on,

and then finally,

the hand with the raised finger.

Our greatest nuisances are the drunks.

Whenever they puke

in front of the church door

the Dean says indulgently,

"As Christians,

we must be forgiving."

So, he forgives

and I clean up the mess.

Cutting this angel in half,

I expect to see blood at any moment.

You're new to this.

Hana, you've made me very happy.

Have you found the invoice?

Sod the invoice, I can't find Pepa!

What's on your programme now, girls?

The best film we've ever shown.

"The Hunchback".

Eight bags of ice cream paper daily!

Pepa, where are you?

Little Pepa!

They've cut it up!

How could you do that?!

The sacristan said

that's how you wanted it.

You vandals!

In halves...

And the halves in half again!

Next week will be even better.

We'll be showing "Hamlet".

The girls say

it's a touching love story.

Pepa!

It's no use, Ma'am. You can

never find anything round here.

People have mistakenly brought

all kinds of things.

An engine as good as new...

Shoes, radios, petrol vouchers,

and once even diamonds

worth one and half million.

Look! A goose!

Good Lord, Maenka!

Here...

Seven detectives spent a whole week

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Juraj Herz

Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 8 April 2018) was a Slovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1968 horror/black comedy The Cremator, often cited as one of the best Czechoslovak films of all time, though many of his other films achieved cult status. He directed for both film and television, and in the latter capacity he directed episodes of a French-Czech television series based on George Simenon's Maigret novels. more…

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