Red Psalm (1972) by Miklós Janscó
Sunday, June 5, 1988, 8:00 pm
Miklós Janscó’s Red Psalm
A masterpiece of the Hungarian Cinema
Red Psalm (1972) by Miklós Janscó, 88 min., color, with English titles. Set in 19th-century Hungary, this richly symbolic film presents socialist doctrine through the story of an agrarian revolt. The foremost figure in recent Hungarian cinema, Janscó (The Red and the White) produces works that employ an aesthetic of uninterrupted single takes to construct parables of historic and cultural reflection. The film is a choreography of actors and camera, at once a positive view of revolutionary movement and a scene ridden with death.