Red Psalm

Jancso qui rentre petit à petit dans le cercle fermé des meilleurs réalisateurs de tout les temps 

Pour moi, Jancso est, comme Hegel était un philosophe du tout, un artiste du tout 

Je m’explique car c’est pas vraiment clair mais Jancso représente jamais un seul personnage principale, une seule idée, mais représente toujours les choses dans leur globalité

Par sa caméra, on voit l’harmonie des corps, le réveil des consciences, la séparation sociale, la morale religieuse et intellectuelle qui s’opposent, la mort, la vie, l’innocence et la pureté et tellement d’autre choses 

Tout est magnifique, l’esthétisme est juste parfait, grand grand real et grand film

Jancso qui rentre petit à petit dans le cercle fermé des meilleurs réalisateurs de tout les temps 

Pour moi, Jancso est, comme Hegel était un philosophe du tout, un artiste du tout 

Je m’explique car c’est pas vraiment clair mais Jancso représente jamais un seul personnage principale, une seule idée, mais représente toujours les choses dans leur globalité

Par sa caméra, on voit l’harmonie des corps, le réveil des consciences, la séparation sociale, la morale religieuse et intellectuelle qui s’opposent, la mort, la vie, l’innocence et la pureté et tellement d’autre choses 

Tout est magnifique, l’esthétisme est juste parfait, grand grand real et grand film

El capitalismo mata, la propaganda socialista esta genial y cómo diría eddi circa: eso va en contra del amor!!!!

El capitalismo mata, la propaganda socialista esta genial y cómo diría eddi circa: eso va en contra del amor!!!!

How pretentious is it for me to say I felt this film more than I understood it? This is my first Miklós Jancsó, a filmmaker I only knew a few titles of in passing before buying a boxset of his works on sale. Something that immediately struck me about the film is its direction which balances a bustling frame with a free moving camera. Much of the film is comprised of long tracking shots with numerous layers of movements through groups of people merging and separating, encircling and dividing. It's mesmerizing to watch especially against the field landscape that the entire film is set in. The other most notable thing about the film is its musicality. Most of the film is told not through dialogue but through the aforementioned choreography and an array of Hungarian working songs. Their lyricism reflects the Socialist underpinnings of the film's characters better than dry dialogue would have. There is a lot about this film that frankly passed over my head, though I don't think that's a bad thing as I've been chewing on certain moments from this film since finishing it. There's a light surrealism to this, most obvious in the condensing of an entire society into one field where religion and government battle proletariat farmworkers. Other moments in the film have a dreamlike sense to them with characters representing ideals more than people and their deaths and rebirths reflecting the Hungarian history Jancsó wishes to represent. I'll need to do more research on the film before feeling confident in any direction about its political messaging but purely as a watching experience it's an intoxicating statement with a dreamlike fuzziness over the proceedings.

How pretentious is it for me to say I felt this film more than I understood it? This is my first Miklós Jancsó, a filmmaker I only knew a few titles of in passing before buying a boxset of his works on sale. Something that immediately struck me about the film is its direction which balances a bustling frame with a free moving camera. Much of the film is comprised of long tracking shots with numerous layers of movements through groups of people merging and separating, encircling and dividing. It's mesmerizing to watch especially against the field landscape that the entire film is set in. The other most notable thing about the film is its musicality. Most of the film is told not through dialogue but through the aforementioned choreography and an array of Hungarian working songs. Their lyricism reflects the Socialist underpinnings of the film's characters better than dry dialogue would have. There is a lot about this film that frankly passed over my head, though I don't think that's a bad thing as I've been chewing on certain moments from this film since finishing it. There's a light surrealism to this, most obvious in the condensing of an entire society into one field where religion and government battle proletariat farmworkers. Other moments in the film have a dreamlike sense to them with characters representing ideals more than people and their deaths and rebirths reflecting the Hungarian history Jancsó wishes to represent. I'll need to do more research on the film before feeling confident in any direction about its political messaging but purely as a watching experience it's an intoxicating statement with a dreamlike fuzziness over the proceedings.

*“in the dark times / will there also be singing? / yes, there will also be singing / about the dark times”
– bertolt brecht*

*“in the dark times / will there also be singing? / yes, there will also be singing / about the dark times”
– bertolt brecht*