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The Czech New Wave is one of the most exciting periods for film people and Who Killed Jessie? is one of a handful of classics.  This film features the most successful attempt at fusing comics books and film.  Archetypal characters like “Superman” and “Cowboy” and the titular Jessie, a female superhero/sexpot, take us on a madcap adventure when they are materialized into the real world via a scientific experiment – from a scientist’s dreams.  There are subtexts related to authoritarianism and freedom but ultimately it really works on the level of a briskly paced magical adventure.  See this if you can!