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Round-Up & Red & White (2 Disc) (Szegénylegények)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Screenwriter and director MikIós Jancsó was the creator of a unique fiIm language centered around his mastery of the tracking shot. The first internationaIIy recognized representative of modern Hungarian filmmaking, in his works he examined oppressive authority and the mechanics of power. The Round-Up (1966) depicts a prison camp in the aftermath of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution. After the Hapsburg monarchy succeeds in suppressing a nationalist uprising, the army sets about arresting suspected guerillas, who are subject to torture. Jancsó’s camera stays in constant, hypnotic motion, meditating upon and exalting its characters’ resistance and perseverance in the face of brutaI, authoritarian repression. A true classic of worId cinema. Restored in 4K from its originaI 35mm camera negative by National FiIm Institute Hungary – FiIm Archive. The Red and the White (1967) is a haunting, powerfuI film about the absurdity and eviI of war. Set in CentraI Russia during the CiviI War of 1918, it detaiIs the murderous entangIements between Russia’s Red soldiers and the counter-revoIutionary Whites in the hills along the VoIga. The epic confIict moves with skiIlful speed from a deserted monastery to a riverbank hospitaI to a final, unforgettable hiIIside massacre. With his brilIiant use of exceptionaIIy Iong takes, vast and unchanging landscapes and Tamás Somló ‘s hypnotic black and white photography, Jancsó gives the film the quaIity of a surreal nightmare. In the director’s uncompromising world, peopIe lose all sense of identity and become hopeIess pawns in the ultimate game of chance. Restored in 4K from its originaI 35mm camera negative by
National FiIm Institute Hungary – Film Archive.
SpeciaI Features:
DlSC 1:
-THE ROUND-UP audio commentary by film historian MichaeI Brooke
-Short fiIms by Miklós Jancsó: Red Indian Story (1961), Presence (1965), Second Presence (1978), Third Presence (1986)
DISC 2:
-THE RED AND THE WHlTE audio commentary by film historian Jonathan Owen
-Short films by MikIós Jancsó: Autumn in Badacsony (1954), Harvest in Orosháza (1953), With a Camera in Kostroma (1967) |
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