The Round-Up
Ricky D’Ambrose Presents… • 1h 31m
Miklós Jancsó • Hungary • 1966 • A hypnotic, dazzling vision of war.
Miklós Jancsó’s most renowned work depicts a prison camp in the aftermath of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution. After the Hapsburg monarchy succeeds in suppressing Lajos Kossuth’s nationalist uprising, the army sets about arresting suspected guerillas, who are subject to torture and other psychological subterfuge in an effort to extract information about highwayman Sándor Rózsa’s band of outlaws, who continue to wage armed struggle against the Hapsburgs.
Jancsó’s camera stays in constant, hypnotic motion, absorbing the developing dynamics and antagonisms between the prisoners and their captors, exalting its characters’ resistance and perseverance in the face of brutal, authoritarian repression. The Round-Up premiered at Cannes, Locarno, New York Film Festival and Shanghai.
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Walden
Jonas Mekas • United States • 1969 • An epic and intimate document of 1960s New York.
A 27-year-old Lithuanian émigré sets out to film his life as it unfolds. In six reels, we encounter several chapters—including the 1960s New York arts scene, featuring many of the filmmaker’s friends: Stan Brak...
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Jacques Rivette • France • 1971
Two theater troupes rehearse avant-garde versions of Aeschylus plays climaxing in a hypnotic warm-up exercise that unfolds like a clothed orgy. We meet Colin, a deadpan, deaf-mute busker, and Frédérique, a wayward young con artist.
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Out 1 - Episode 2: From Thomas to Fré...
Jacques Rivette • France • 1971
The outlines of a conspiracy begin to emerge as the mute busker begins receiving cryptic letters with references to Balzac and Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark. Meanwhile, theater rehearsals take an unsettling turn.
