Film-maker became key figure of the Czech new wave before emigrating to the US and establishing a successful career in the USMiloš Forman, the Czech-born director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus, has died at the age of 86. (Forman later discovered his biological father was actually a Jewish architect who had survived the war and escaped to South America.) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. At his lowest point he was offered the chance to direct One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, another anti-authoritarian parable adapted from Ken Kesey’s novel. However, Forman re-emerged with The People Vs Larry Flynt, a biopic of the pornography publisher that Forman framed as another anti-authority fable.

Source: The Guardian April 14, 2018 09:11 UTC