Posts Tagged ‘Sándor Sára’
Ten Thousand Suns
Tízezer nap. Hungary, 1965/67, black and white, 110 mins. One of the most impressive Hungarian directorial debuts, Ten Thousand Suns offers clinching proof that Miklós Jancsó wasn't the only mid-1960s master routinely offering breathtaking widescreen compositions featuring hundreds of men and horses. Shot by Sándor [...]
Current
Sodrásban Hungary, 1963, black and white, 90 mins Also known as In the Current, this was the debut feature by the 30-year-old István Gaál, and has subsequently been recognised as one of the earliest films of an authentic Hungarian 'new wave'. Gaál had spent two years (1959-61) studying film at the Centro Sperimentale in Rome, and Current [...]
Gypsies
Cigányok Hungary, 1962, black and white, 17 mins If the IMDB is to be believed, this short documentary made for the renowned Béla Balázs Studio is the directorial debut of Sándor Sára, who went on to forge a distinguished career as both director of his own films and cinematographer of other people's, notably Ten Thousand Suns (Tízezer nap, [...]