Russell Crowe is standing on a stage, playing an electric guitar.
He’s singing “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash, accompanied by a trumpetist, a drummer, someone at a keyboard, another guitarist, and even four backing singers.
He starts rocking out to the instrumental section.
The crowd, full of Czech film industry insiders, international critics, and fans, is undoubtedly entertained.This is not yet another remake of “A Star Is Born,” but simply the kind of event you can expect to witness at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, taking place every summer in the Czech city and welcoming talent from all over the world.First established in 1946, Kviff went through a transformation in the early 1990s following the fall of communism.
Karel Och, working at the festival since 2001 and its artistic director since 2011, thinks this shift explains how spectators themselves have changed.“They didn’t really react at Q&a’s,…
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