The White World According to Daliborek

A social horror movie? A perverse sci-fi flick? No, just reality. From Prostějov, Czech Republic. The White World is hard on the mind and on the stomach. (03/07/2017)

52nd KVIFF – I am not sure if Vít Klusák made this documentary so that he could poke fun at Daliborek or, as he claimed, so that he could confront him with reality. Daliborek actually isn’t bad, he only deduced a couple of his own truths and didn’t manage to realize that those truths of his could be, in reality, diametrically different. And thus, it’s hard to convince a person who thinks they found the greatest truth of all even though they are completely spinning the facts that are commonplace nowadays. The trip to Auschwitz and the confrontation with the lady who survived Auschwitz, are, by the way, the director’s masterpieces. However, I return to Mr. Klusák and my final impression, of which I am not sure if it is good or bad. The fact that this documentary looks more like a movie convinces me of the negative. I have a feeling that, if not everything, then at least most of it is only acted out for the sake of the cameras. And it fascinates me that apart from Daliborek, the whole family took part in this game. On the other hand, I laughed and also got horrified. I laughed because Daliborek had, at times, genius catchphrases, and got horrified at how dumb some people around us can be. However, it isn’t only Daliborek, there are loads of people like him around us. It isn’t only about stubbornness but also about the narrow-mindedness of each of us that needs to be suppressed. Nevertheless, the documentary fascinated me and became the highlight of the whole festival. Maybe it will make Dalibor and the people around him think if nothing else. (04/07/2017)

Vít Klusák made his method something I would call a "lazy and cowardly docu-arrangement". Choose an antisocial whose manifestations are on the verge of mild mental retardation, let him replay (I can't shake the impression that Daliborek is playing himself poorly) episodes that feel like Extreme Family type exploitations (but without admitted ridicule through voice over), create a panopticon saying nothing, etc. I just don't think it's anything bold, revealing and provocative. As a result, The White World According to Daliborek reveals nothing but an annoying exhibition of a bald mama's boy. I would probably forget about it. I've wasted my time with worse bullshit. But the arranged Auschwitz ZOO with the director's moral stepping out in front of the camera... that’s an insurmountable mistake to me. Klusák directs the weak-hearted idiot for an hour and a half, so that in the end he can give him a moral slap and thus cancel the last hint that this documentary has some concept and observational value. It doesn't. It is a weak conglomeration of meaningless nonsense and excesses that does not function either as a character study or as a documentary about the radical thinking of ordinary people. That the audience laughs amusedly and arrogantly speaks much more about the level of society-wide debate than about the qualities of the documentary. For the first time ever, I am reporting Klusák's fail. And it really is colossal. (03/07/2017)

It is completely unnecessary to devote a full-length documentary to this topic. The theme in the form this simple simpleton from Prostějov culminates in the simple message that the one who spews hateful nonsense is in fact the harmless immature son of a naive mother. Once again, Klusák works only with empty phrases and (unintentional?) grotesqueness. Why confront a so-called neo-Nazi with the facts and pay any attention to him? This kind of person is indeed an annoying insect, but in fact only harms itself. His life is going nowhere, but he also doesn't vote, doesn't participate in demonstrations, and simply survives on his delusions and mistakes. We have more interesting and serious phenomena in society than this. The first ladies of our documentary filmmaking are able to create stories and statements in their films that have value. If Klusák shares this ambition, he hasn't been working on it for at least the last decade. Unfortunate. (06/10/2017)

Une exploitation opportuniste qui se fait sciemment passer pour un documentaire sérieux. En même temps, The White World According to Daliborek apporte quelques thèmes de réflexions intéressants et poignants, mais son choix d’approche créative sape tout message et transforme le film en un semblant de farce – une farce pas très drôle. On se trouve à mi-chemin entre Cops et On a échangé nos papas et mamans, ce qui, pour moi, rendait ce film pénible à regarder. Quant à l’épilogue fabriqué, dans lequel le réalisateur se lance héroïquement dans un conflit qu’il a lui-même mis en scène, c’est le nadir de la créativité. (07/08/2020)

Ce n'est pas un documentaire sur la communauté néonazie en général vue à travers le personnage de Dalibor, car Dalibor est trop unique pour que les néonazis ou quiconque puisse s'identifier à lui et à ses opinions. On peut facilement se moquer de Dalibor et de ses actions, mais il y a aussi beaucoup de sympathie et peut-être même de compassion dans ces moqueries, ce qui fait qu'il n'est pas possible de pointer du doigt et de qualifier Dalibor de cochon xénophobe néonazi qui mérite d'être écrasé. En plus des slogans haineux et racistes de Dalibor et de sa production vidéo, le film révèle également de nombreuses informations sur sa vie privée, soulignant dans une large mesure ce dont parle réellement ce film - des personnes désespérées et malheureuses intérieurement qui ne sont pas satisfaites de leur vie, de leur travail et de leur environnement, mais qui veulent désespérément avoir un sentiment d'appartenance et n'hésitent donc pas à se tourner vers des groupuscules aux idées quelque peu extrêmes. Des idées qu'ils ont généralement acquises à partir des médias « alternatifs »  en ligne et d'autres individus ayant des opinions similaires, dépendant de l'existence de la télévision et des médias sociaux comme seule forme de divertissement disponible. Et il y a probablement beaucoup de gens de ce genre dans la société tchèque et slovaque, à part que Dalibor se démarque tellement parmi eux que grâce à lui, regarder ce film n'est pas seulement un aperçu exceptionnel d'une certaine partie de la société, mais c'est aussi parfois une franche rigolade. À chaque scène, une perle, mais aussi un frisson dans le dos. (03/07/2017)

I definitely wasn’t amazed by The White World According to Daliborek, but I have to admit that it's definitely an interesting look at one man and his family. You can see that it's very easy to be dysfunctional and still function. That is an amazing paradox. You can also see how people can adopt opinions and consider them the truth, yet in the end, you still get the feeling that it's just posturing. (11/10/2017)