The title comes from one of the film’s most infamous "deviations": a group of men (called "Tverps") who use dentures held between their thighs to "bite" buttons off furniture—sofas, taxi seats, you name it. It’s a literal manifestation of Zelenka’s theme: minor, personal perversions that people use to cope with a world that feels increasingly fragmented and chaotic.
A man whose only pride is his ability to spit perfectly onto passing steam locomotives. Knoflikari(1997)
Spitting on Trains & Cosmic Curses: Why You Need to See Knoflíkáři (1997) The title comes from one of the film’s
If you haven’t yet experienced the surreal, dark brilliance of Petr Zelenka’s Knoflíkáři (translated as Buttoners ), you’re missing one of the most original pieces of Czech cinema to emerge from the 1990s. Forget standard linear plots; this film is a kaleidoscope of six interconnected stories that weave together social satire, historical speculation, and some truly bizarre human perversions. Spitting on Trains & Cosmic Curses: Why You