Jancsó is often perceived of as a very “Hungarian” director, with a love of history and a dislike for montage. The octagenarian director tells Andrew James Horton about his Romanian roots and affinities with Jewish culture, why he gave up on history 20 years ago only to come back to it in his latest film and the reason he no longer uses long takes.
In September 2002, Miklós Jancsó celebrated his 81st birthday. When you meet him, though, it doesn?t particularly seem that he is running out steam. He?s had four films premiered in the last five years?an impressive record for any director in Hungary these days. With some of the most respected works in Hungarian film history behind him, the director seems to be basking in his old age, enjoying a new wave of popular success and taking delight in joking about his own advanced years.
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