Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:02:23 +0200https://english.radio.cz/genevieve-anderson-a-decade-bringing-a-classic-hrabal-book-life-using-puppets-8206205© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalIn 2007 Genevieve Anderson brought out a short animated film based on Too Loud a Solitude, a novella by the great Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. Now the US director has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a feature-length version of the magical story, which centres on Haňťa, a reclusive paper crusher who over the years has absorbed a great deal from the books that have crossed his path. Like the short, the new movie will be puppet-based – and voiced by the charismatic US actor Paul Giamatti, known for the Oscar-winning Sideways and a host of other projects. On the phone from her home in Arizona, Genevieve Anderson explained how she had first come across Hrabal’s classic book.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/anderson_genevieve.jpg?timestamp=1590552788 https://english.radio.cz/genevieve-anderson-a-decade-bringing-a-classic-hrabal-book-life-using-puppets-8206205 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9