Jancsó is a giant of world cinema, yet his works are rarely seen and much of his oeuvre languishes in total obscurity. Andrew James Horton introduces Kinoeye’s special focus on Jancsó with an overview of the director’s stylistic and thematic development.
Miklós Jancsó suffers an unusual fate in film history. His name is frequently mentioned in film history books, he is a recognised giant of Hungarian, European and world cinema and his unique visual style and complex studies of power and the relationship between history and the individual have been feted. The trouble is that, despite the above, outside his native Hungary surprisingly few people have seen?or can even tell you the name of?any of his films.
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