Second Run explores memory and truth with ZOLTÁN HUSZÁRIK: SZINDBÁD/CSONTVÁRY/ELÉGIA: FIVE SHORT FILMS (review)

The major works in the tragically-short filmography and life of Hungarian filmmaker Zoltan Huszárik are collected in this set including five short films, his critical and box office hit SZINDBÁD, his big budget sophomore feature nine years in the making CSONTVÁRY that became a monumental flop and is only now recognized as an artistic achievement about Hungary's greatest painter.

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ZOLTÁN HUSZÁRIK: SZINDBÁD/CSONTVÁRY/ELÉGIA: FIVE SHORT FILMS Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Szindbád:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Hungarian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• An Appreciation by filmmaker Peter Strickland
• "The World of Krúdy and Huszárik" documentary on the collaboration between writer Gyula Krúdy and director Zoltán Huszárik 
• "Huszárik and Contemporary Music" interview with composer Zoltán Jeney
• "Inside the Popular Science Film Studio" archival newsreel 
• Disc Two - Csontváry:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Hungarian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Who is Zoltán Huszárik?" documentary 
• "Making <i>Csontváry</i>" behind the scenes newsreel 
• Disc Three - Elégia - Five Short Films by Zoltán Huszárik:
• "Groteszk" (1963)
• "Elégia" (1966)
• "Capriccio" (1969)
• "Homage to Old Women [Tisztelet az öregasszonyoknak]" (1972)
• "A Piacere" (1976)
• Comes in a slipcase with two essay booklets by Michael Brooke.