An idyllic afternoon in fresh air, organised by Weissmann himself. As a phonograph plays, naive games unfold \u2013 from chess and sunbathing to some extreme chair rolling down the hill. The end of the day is ruined by bad weather \u2013 something none of the guests can influence.<\/p>\n
After the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968, \u0160vankmajer emigrated to Austria with his family. The \u201clast summer\u201d-themed object animation is a paraphrase both of the fate of the Czechs at the time and of the wealthy class. Bucolic idleness ends on a cynical note, resonating with The Two Thousand Words manifesto (1968) signed by \u0160vankmajer and his like-minded contemporaries: \u201cMost people have lost interest in public affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n","images":[{"ID":36170,"id":36170,"title":"Picnic with Weismann 1","filename":"Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962.jpg","filesize":1037527,"url":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962.jpg","link":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962.jpg","alt":"","author":"21","description":"","caption":"","name":"187ac0282f9948b2bd2bc94011c0dfea","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":36060,"date":"2024-06-03 13:25:07","modified":"2024-06-03 13:26:25","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1884,"height":1452,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962-250x193.jpg","medium-width":250,"medium-height":193,"medium_large":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962-768x592.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":592,"large":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962-1500x1156.jpg","large-width":900,"large-height":694,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962-1536x1184.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1184,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962.jpg","2048x2048-width":1884,"2048x2048-height":1452,"large1200":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962-1200x925.jpg","large1200-width":1200,"large1200-height":925,"large1800":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962-1800x1387.jpg","large1800-width":1800,"large1800-height":1387,"small":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962-120x92.jpg","small-width":120,"small-height":92,"uncompressed":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962.jpg","uncompressed-width":1884,"uncompressed-height":1452,"custom-size":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picnic-with-Weismann-1-e1717421180962-700x200.jpg","custom-size-width":700,"custom-size-height":200}}],"in_cinemas":null,"on_demand":null,"not_available":null,"rights_expiry_date":null,"trailer_url":"","film_category":"482","film_category_title":"In Kino Veritas","film_category_link":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/en\/programme-2024\/in-kino-veritas\/","film_category_title_2":null,"film_category_link_2":null,"film_parent_select":[36771],"screenings":false,"screenings_from_prog":null,"screenings_merged":[],"artist":null,"album":null,"custom_supporter_title":"","supporter":false,"supporter_from_parent":null,"supporter_from_parent_title":null,"curators_foreword":"","additional_content":"","jury_statement":false,"logo_on_image_text":"","logo_on_image_image":false,"available":false,"online_only":false,"poster":false,"available_until":"","geographical_availability":"latvia","geographical_availability_custom_short":"","geographical_availability_custom_long":"","subtitle_language_online":[],"cinesend_id":"","online_price":"","online_bs_id":"","collection_mode":false,"collection_screenings":false}