The Round-Up & The Red and the White - Two Films by Miklós Jancsó (Blu-ray)

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*** Résumé en anglais seulement ***Screenwriter and director Miklós Jancsó was the creator of a unique film language centered around his mastery of thetracking shot. The first internationally recognized representative of modern Hungarian filmmaking, in his works he examinedoppressive authority and the mechanics of power.The Round-Up (1966) depicts a prison camp in the aftermath of the 1848 HungarianRevolution. After the Hapsburg monarchy succeeds in suppressing a nationalistuprising, the army sets about arresting suspected guerillas, who are subject totorture. Jancsó’s camera stays in constant, hypnotic motion, meditating uponand exalting its characters’ resistance and perseverance in the face of brutal,authoritarian repression. A true classic of world cinema. Restored in 4K from itsoriginal 35mm camera negative by National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive.The Red and the White (1967) is a haunting, powerful film about the absurdity andevil of war. Set in Central Russia during the Civil War of 1918, it details the murderousentanglements between Russia’s Red soldiers and the counter-revolutionaryWhites in the hills along the Volga. The epic conflict moves with skillful speedfrom a deserted monastery to a riverbank hospital to a final, unforgettable hillsidemassacre. With his brilliant use of exceptionally long takes, vast and unchanginglandscapes and Tamás Somló ‘s hypnotic black and white photography, Jancsógives the film the quality of a surreal nightmare. In the director’s uncompromisingworld, people lose all sense of identity and become hopeless pawns in the ultimategame of chance. Restored in 4K from its original 35mm camera negative byNational Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive.