A Day of Joy

This film is a playful depiction of the festivities around the performance If All Trains of the World by Alex Mlynárčik on June 12 1971 Deň radosti shows Hanák using the intergenre style of documentary which made his feature film Obrazy stareho sveta 1971 a masterpiece Still photography live action interviews old etchings and archive footage of old train journeys are skilfully blended to create a sympathetic and humorous portrait of the romance of an old steam train and the joy of artists and the general public in participating in this childrens game for adults Once again the avantgarde is imaginatively used to eulogise over traditional values and the past Deň radosti is important not just for the considerable pleasure it brings it is the first of a series of films in which artists use film to document happenings httpwwwcerevieworgkinoeyekinoeye3oldhtml