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The Hall of Lost Footsteps, (Jaromil Jires, 1960)

Eventually I'll run through the Criterion Channel's Czech New Wave collection, at least until I give them yet another watch. One of the many things I love about the Criterion Channel is their supply of short films, often early efforts from aspiring filmmakers, which most of us would never have the opportunity to see otherwise. I particularly loved this early effort from Jires (and for some reason, maybe not o strange, I'm always drawn to works that came out the year I was born), The Hall of Lost Footsteps. It deals with the Holocaust and the threat of nuclear holocaust, and is very powerful. 

I just snapped this picture, one of the last shots in the film, because I thought it was so beautiful and also so evocative.