DEADLY KATANA
story of czech vigilante
(documentary, 15 min)
Who is he?
Ondřej Šálek is director, documentarist and audiovisual artist.
When he was little, he was used to wake up in the middle of the night due to fear, that he will become a car mechanic. And thus little Ondrej wasn’t never good enough in gym, dexterity or technical skills and he avoided almost pathologically to any motosport knowledge. Until now he isn’t able to recognize difference between Benz and 4-banger. Only one thing remained to him - will to learn. According to philosopher Lenin he learnt, learnt and learnt. That made him a die-hard student of university education. One specialization wasn’t enough, not even two, so he added the third and then it was too much, so he canceled one of these. Despite all of this he successfully finished film studies, journalism and audiovisual arts. Good for him.
In the end he was fed up of university education, so he realized that meaning of life could be somewhere else than in rotten and institutional education. So he went through a bunch meaningless jobs like malicious and capitalist telemarketing, bellboy in five-star hotels, occasionally jobs as a promoter. Then he learnt difference between café ristretto and café doppio and he became a barista. Meanwhile he went to Brazil for half a year, where he learnt Portuguese and taught kids from poor families, what does it mean cross-cut and how to round curves with Ferrari F50 in Need for Speed II.
Then he spent almost half-year in Nairobian slums as a volunteer, where he tried to raise new generation of Kenyans photographers, filmmakers and graphic artists. With half-broken dslr cameras and ten years old compact cameras he taught young Kenyans about Bergman’s metaphysics. During audiovisual workshops and terrorist attacks on Westgate he kept his mighty beard, reconstructed analogue dark room and he disappeared in heart of darkness of Uganda, from where he brought surprisingly working developer for his dark room. Until today he still shoot with film and furiously defend rights of africans.
All of that formed him into universal and open-minded personality. So Ondřej Šálek is conceptualist, expert of moving images, visual juggler, principal of irony, bon vivant of humor and leftist philosopher. Among his hobbies there are stormy fights about post-structuralism, advocacy of feminism and contemplation about documentary cinema.
PS: He is a hipster and he loves kitties
When he was little, he was used to wake up in the middle of the night due to fear, that he will become a car mechanic. And thus little Ondrej wasn’t never good enough in gym, dexterity or technical skills and he avoided almost pathologically to any motosport knowledge. Until now he isn’t able to recognize difference between Benz and 4-banger. Only one thing remained to him - will to learn. According to philosopher Lenin he learnt, learnt and learnt. That made him a die-hard student of university education. One specialization wasn’t enough, not even two, so he added the third and then it was too much, so he canceled one of these. Despite all of this he successfully finished film studies, journalism and audiovisual arts. Good for him.
In the end he was fed up of university education, so he realized that meaning of life could be somewhere else than in rotten and institutional education. So he went through a bunch meaningless jobs like malicious and capitalist telemarketing, bellboy in five-star hotels, occasionally jobs as a promoter. Then he learnt difference between café ristretto and café doppio and he became a barista. Meanwhile he went to Brazil for half a year, where he learnt Portuguese and taught kids from poor families, what does it mean cross-cut and how to round curves with Ferrari F50 in Need for Speed II.
Then he spent almost half-year in Nairobian slums as a volunteer, where he tried to raise new generation of Kenyans photographers, filmmakers and graphic artists. With half-broken dslr cameras and ten years old compact cameras he taught young Kenyans about Bergman’s metaphysics. During audiovisual workshops and terrorist attacks on Westgate he kept his mighty beard, reconstructed analogue dark room and he disappeared in heart of darkness of Uganda, from where he brought surprisingly working developer for his dark room. Until today he still shoot with film and furiously defend rights of africans.
All of that formed him into universal and open-minded personality. So Ondřej Šálek is conceptualist, expert of moving images, visual juggler, principal of irony, bon vivant of humor and leftist philosopher. Among his hobbies there are stormy fights about post-structuralism, advocacy of feminism and contemplation about documentary cinema.
PS: He is a hipster and he loves kitties
BESIDE THAT HE ALSO SHOT
IN WHAT IS HE THE BEST?
improvisation
journalism drilled him in wit, travelling trained him in deciding under pressure and documentary filmmaking toughen up him in fast problem solving
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problem solving
any problem is for him a tempting challenge. answers are somewhere out and he will find them in the mud, rain, storm or bloody warzone
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thinking
he likes to think about meaning of things, he is open-minded and he stands out for his critical thinking
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HE PAINTS BY LIGHT
HE RULES IN LANGUAGES
english
conversation doesn't make him any troubles, he is used to an expert english texts and only one thing makes him little bit worries: bloody grammar (C1)
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portuguese
in Brazil he has learnt portuguese fluently, included the street slang, until today he can easily communicate with native speakers (B1)
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german and swahili
he can with difficulty understand, say hello and maybe introduce himself, on the other hand he can easily continue in the study of these languages (A1)
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WHAT DID HE GO THROUGH?
SHAKESPEARE'S DEPARTMENT
BTW HE IS ALSO GRAPHIC ARTIST
titles
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posters
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flash
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AND WHAT ABOUT CV?
MY COMRADES
LET's review it!
Who the hell is Šálek? documentarist / filmmaker / photographer / cinematographer / idea maker / scriptwriter / dramaturgist / graphic artist / barista / film scientist / adventurer / hipster / leftist intellectual / feminist / activist / conceptualist / stoik / master of arts / good person |
For what will you need Šálek? Are you managing the crew? Are you looking for a director, cinematographer, sound designer? Do you need somebody with the tons of experience? Do you have a problem? Do you need a advice? Calm down? Hug? Or do you want to try a perfect espresso? Or cappuccino with latte art? Are you better now? Everything gonna be alright. |
And where you can find him?
+420 608 959 249
[email protected]
and everywhere, where
shadows cover crimes
and injustice happens,
and everywhere where is
good espresso
+420 608 959 249
[email protected]
and everywhere, where
shadows cover crimes
and injustice happens,
and everywhere where is
good espresso