“Optimism is the opium of mankind!” Milan Kundera (The Joke)

• title: The Joke | Žert | Czechoslovakia, 1968
• director: Jaromil Jireš
• with: Josef Somr, Jana Dítětová, Luděk Munzar
• writer: Milan Kundera (novel)

poster designer: Milan Grygar, 1968

Milan Grygar is Czechoslovak audiovisual artist, painter and musician. His main passion re-occurring throughout his life was the relationship between the drawing and the sound. Milan Grygar has been very active graphic artist with over hundred movie posters and numerous number of book illustrations. Influenced by the post war neo Avant-garde tendencies and music, his movie poster designs are a pride of every collection.

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