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09 January 2022

Second Run introduces HUNGARIAN MASTERS to the west (review)

Three essential films from Hugarian cinema and three prominent directors are showcased in HUNGARIAN MASTERS.  In Zoltán Fábri's MERRY-GO-ROUND, a farm girl in love with a field worker is promised to an older landowner by her father without her consent.  In CURRENT, eight youths go for an excursion to the river on a hot summer day, but only seven come back.  In AGNUS DEI, villagers are abused and abuse their power in the midst of the power struggle between the communists and the loyalists in 1919 Hungary.

REVIEW LINK: Second Run (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

HUNGARIAN MASTERS: THREE FILMS BY ZOLTÁN FÁBRI, ISTVÁN GAÁL AND MIKLÓS JANCSÓ Blu-ray specs:

  • Disc One - Merry-Go-Round (Körhinta):
    • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
    • Hungarian LPCM 2.0 Mono
    • Optional English Subtitles 
    • "We're Flying, Mari" interview with filmmaker István Szabó
    • Screen Tests
    • 2017 Restoration Demo
    • Theatrical Trailer (1:21)
  • Disc Two - Current (Sodrásban):
    • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
    • Hungarian LPCM 2.0 Mono
    • Optional English Subtitles 
    • Appreciation by author Gareth Evans
    • "Tisza - Autumn Sketches (Tisza - Őszi vázlatok)" 1962 short film by István Gaál
    • Theatrical Trailer
  • Disc Three - Agnus Dei (Égi bárány):
    • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
    • Hungarian LPCM 2.0 Mono
    • Optional English Subtitles 
    • Interview with director Miklós Jancsó
  • Booklet for each film with essays by Hungarian cinema specialist John Cunningham, authors Peter Hames and Gareth Evans, and curator and critic Tony Rayns. 
  • Limited edition slipcase.

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