By: Chris Johnstone
Source: http://www.ceskapozice.cz
Category: Film School Online
A well-known Czech-based film producer has suggested Prague’s main international airport be renamed in honor of Václav Havel
Prague’s international airport should be renamed in honor of former president Václav Havel, a well known Prague-based film producer has suggested.
“To put up statues and pass laws in parliament is quite nice, but the best proof that we will continue to take care about democracy and freedom in our country is a place we encounter daily,” Fero Fenič, a well-know film producer at home and abroad told the Czech daily Lidové noviny.
He said that he had put the idea to students and artists and that it should be taken up quickly. “It’s like during a revolution; such ideas have to be taken
advantage of immediately,” he added.Fenič, who was also known for his popular film festival staged in Prague as well as a long series of intelligent documentaries made by his independent TV company, said the airport would be appropriate because Havel was at one stage jailed at a prison near the airport by the Communist regime. Prague’s Ruzyně airport also became a symbolic place of freedom for many Czechs following the end of the regime when they were allowed to travel freely for the first time outside of the Soviet-bloc, he added.
The film producer also recalled that many international airports have been named after national statesman such as J.F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Charles de Gaulle. “It would show everyone who comes here what we as a nation stand by,” Fenič, said.
The Czech daily Mladá fronta Dnes said the idea had already been backed by Oscar-winning Czech director Zdeněk Svěrák, former Olympic medal-winning gymnast Věra Čáslavská, actor Jiří Bartoška and TV personality Marek Eben.
Havel, the dissident who led the bloodless transfer from the Communist regime in 1989 and became the first Czechoslovak and Czech president following the restoration of a democratic regime, died at his country home on Sunday aged 75.
Source: http://www.ceskapozice.cz/en/news/society/film-producer-leads-calls-%E2%80%98vaclav-havel-airport%E2%80%99
Source: http://www.ceskapozice.cz
Category: Film School Online
A well-known Czech-based film producer has suggested Prague’s main international airport be renamed in honor of Václav Havel
Prague’s international airport should be renamed in honor of former president Václav Havel, a well known Prague-based film producer has suggested.
“To put up statues and pass laws in parliament is quite nice, but the best proof that we will continue to take care about democracy and freedom in our country is a place we encounter daily,” Fero Fenič, a well-know film producer at home and abroad told the Czech daily Lidové noviny.
He said that he had put the idea to students and artists and that it should be taken up quickly. “It’s like during a revolution; such ideas have to be taken
advantage of immediately,” he added.Fenič, who was also known for his popular film festival staged in Prague as well as a long series of intelligent documentaries made by his independent TV company, said the airport would be appropriate because Havel was at one stage jailed at a prison near the airport by the Communist regime. Prague’s Ruzyně airport also became a symbolic place of freedom for many Czechs following the end of the regime when they were allowed to travel freely for the first time outside of the Soviet-bloc, he added.
The film producer also recalled that many international airports have been named after national statesman such as J.F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Charles de Gaulle. “It would show everyone who comes here what we as a nation stand by,” Fenič, said.
The Czech daily Mladá fronta Dnes said the idea had already been backed by Oscar-winning Czech director Zdeněk Svěrák, former Olympic medal-winning gymnast Věra Čáslavská, actor Jiří Bartoška and TV personality Marek Eben.
Havel, the dissident who led the bloodless transfer from the Communist regime in 1989 and became the first Czechoslovak and Czech president following the restoration of a democratic regime, died at his country home on Sunday aged 75.
Source: http://www.ceskapozice.cz/en/news/society/film-producer-leads-calls-%E2%80%98vaclav-havel-airport%E2%80%99
