Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex
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Manufacturer: Wallflower Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4309439
EAN: 9781903364796
ISBN: 1903364795
Label: Wallflower Press
Manufacturer: Wallflower Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2004-03-03
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Studio: Wallflower Press
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Hungarian cinema has often been forced to tread a precarious and difficult path. Through the failed 1919 revolution to the defeat of the 1956 Uprising and its aftermath, Hungarian film-makers and their audiences have had to contend with a multiplicity of problems. In the 1960s, however, Hungary entered into a period of relative stability and increasing cultural relaxation, resulting in an astonishing growth of film-making. Innovative and groundbreaking directors such as Miklós Jancsó (Hungarian Rhapsody, The Red and the White), István Szabó (Mephisto, Sunshine) and Márta Mészaros (Little Vilma: The Last Diary) emerged and established the reputation of Hungarian films on a global basis. This is the first book to discuss all major aspects of Hungarian cinema, including avant-garde, animation, and representations of the Gypsy and Jewish minorities.
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Summary: reflects the history of Hungary
Comment: Cunningham intertwines the history of Hungarian cinema with the history of Hungary itself. The tortured narrative of the Hungarian nation from the 1920s to World War 2 and thence under decades of Soviet rule. Before the war, cinematic output was quite respectable for a nation of its size. With support from the government and intelligensia. But already there were stirrings of nationalism echoed in several films.
After the war, the Soviet influence imposed a necessary conformity. Some nice movies were still made. But usually confined to innocuous topics. The events of 1956 and their impact on film making get a good discussion.
The book devotes a lot of space to the developments after the end of the Cold War. Western European funds were now available for larger budget movies. And several were in fact co-produced with foreign studios. We see a convergence of professionalism and sophistication approaching that of Hollywood. Though of course without the latter's megabudgets.
It should be said that the majority of films and actors mentioned in the book will be unknown to American readers. Few people outside Hungary speak Hungarian, and ultimately, this has restricted the reknown of their cinema.
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