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In the recent journal about krasznahorkai/tarr krasznahorkai mentions the film maker andras jeles, are any of his films available with english subtitles? the early films look most interesting for me.

Anyone help me with some recommendations for an order from lira.hu? As many of the discs seem relatively cheap and postage is relatively high and goes up by small increments, I may as well order a few things. In the basket I have:

Szabó István - MEPHISTO
Bacsó Péter - TANU
Szabó István - SZERELMESFILM
Fábri Zoltán - A PÁL UTCAI FIÚK DVD
Szabó István - ÁLMODOZÁSOK KORA
Jancsó Miklós - CSILLAGOSOK KATONÁK

I already have Apa and Szindbád from Second Run. Criticker suggested Két félidö a pokolban for me and I see there's a disc with English subs on KG. I can't find that on lira.hu though.

TMDaines wrote:Anyone help me with some recommendations for an order from lira.hu? As many of the discs seem relatively cheap and postage is relatively high and goes up by small increments, I may as well order a few things. In the basket I have:

Szabó István - MEPHISTO
Bacsó Péter - TANU
Szabó István - SZERELMESFILM
Fábri Zoltán - A PÁL UTCAI FIÚK DVD
Szabó István - ÁLMODOZÁSOK KORA
Jancsó Miklós - CSILLAGOSOK KATONÁK

I already have Apa and Szindbád from Second Run. Criticker suggested Két félidö a pokolban for me and I see there's a disc with English subs on KG. I can't find that on lira.hu though.

MEGÁLL AZ IDŐ / Time Stands Still (dir. Gothár Péter) - not anamorphic, but it looks fine and is a key Hungarian film of the Seventies
ÉN XX. SZÁZADOM / My 20th Century (dir. Enyedi Ildikó)
FELDOBOTT KŐ / The Upthrown Stone (dir. Sára Sándor) - Sara was Hungary's greatest cinematographer, so you can imagine that this film has a striking visual style.

jsteffe wrote:

TMDaines wrote:Anyone help me with some recommendations for an order from lira.hu? As many of the discs seem relatively cheap and postage is relatively high and goes up by small increments, I may as well order a few things. In the basket I have:

Szabó István - MEPHISTO
Bacsó Péter - TANU
Szabó István - SZERELMESFILM
Fábri Zoltán - A PÁL UTCAI FIÚK DVD
Szabó István - ÁLMODOZÁSOK KORA
Jancsó Miklós - CSILLAGOSOK KATONÁK

I already have Apa and Szindbád from Second Run. Criticker suggested Két félidö a pokolban for me and I see there's a disc with English subs on KG. I can't find that on lira.hu though.

MEGÁLL AZ IDŐ / Time Stands Still (dir. Gothár Péter) - not anamorphic, but it looks fine and is a key Hungarian film of the Seventies
ÉN XX. SZÁZADOM / My 20th Century (dir. Enyedi Ildikó)
FELDOBOTT KŐ / The Upthrown Stone (dir. Sára Sándor) - Sara was Hungary's greatest cinematographer, so you can imagine that this film has a striking visual style.

Thanks. I took them, AJÁNDÉK EZ A NAP too, and also found Két félidö a pokolban.

TMDaines wrote:Thanks. I took them, MEGÁLL AZ IDŐ too, and also found Két félidö a pokolban.

It's such a solid selection of films, you really can't go wrong. I was glad to learn as a result that the Hungarian Film Archive has put out a new transfer of the Bacsó's A tanú/The Witness.

Has anyone seen Fotográfia (Zolnay Pál, 1972)?

L.A. wrote:Has anyone seen Fotográfia (Zolnay Pál, 1972)?

Yes, many years ago, and I remember enjoying it, although I haven't watched the DVD yet.

MichaelB wrote:

L.A. wrote:Has anyone seen Fotográfia (Zolnay Pál, 1972)?

Yes, many years ago, and I remember enjoying it, although I haven't watched the DVD yet.

Hopefully the DVD is still in print.

Another film which interests me (and hopefully gets the DVD treatment from Magyar Nemzeti Filmarchívum) is Magasiskola / The Falcons (István Gaál, 1970).

L.A. wrote: Another film which interests me (and hopefully gets the DVD treatment from Magyar Nemzeti Filmarchívum) is Magasiskola / The Falcons (István Gaál, 1970).

I can't imagine that they wouldn't release a new digital restoration eventually, since it's a masterpiece of Hungarian cinema. The Magyar Nemzeti Filmarchívum has already done another Gaál film, although that was an older transfer.

Do you get any notice from lira.hu when your order ships?

TMDaines wrote:Do you get any notice from lira.hu when your order ships?

Not so far but I sent an email (in English of course) and asked if they could provide with a tracking number since they ship via registered mail, which they kindly did.

Has anyone here seen Marcell Jankovics' The Tragedy of Man? The Blu-Ray has English subtitles so I was thinking of picking it up, based on the quality of The Son of the White Mare.

I've posted some screencaps from the new release of The Witness here.

Calvin wrote:Has anyone here seen Marcell Jankovics' The Tragedy of Man? The Blu-Ray has English subtitles so I was thinking of picking it up, based on the quality of The Son of the White Mare.

I bought the Bluray. Like Feherlofia it is a film of striking beauty which tries nothing less than to adapt Imre Madach's 19th century play (somewhat a combination of Paradise Lost and Faust) showing the futility of man's existence through the ages and painting a dark future. So you have to deal with a philosophical subtext that is at times a bit complicated. Every era the film describes is done in its characteristic style. The problem with the Bluray - as with the DVD of Jankovics' film "Enek a Csodaszarvasrol" - is that it is very hard to follow the subtitles and simultaneously watch the stunning animation. They don't give you much time to read. Of course, you should first watch the film in the subtitled version, but the disc also gives you the opportunity to enjoy it without voice-over and subtitles. This is a must have for all animation buffs.

Regarding the two unsubtitled DVDs of "Janos Vitez" and "Feherlofia" I think the first can be enjoyed without subs. You just have to read a synopsis of Petöfi's poem. On the other hand, Feherlofia needs to be subtitled and it is high time this masterwork gets a proper release.

swo17 wrote:I've posted some screencaps from the new release of The Witness here.

Thanks for the screenshots, but you forgot to mention some of the best news. This release is completely English-friendly! English subtitles on all the extras, plus English subtitles for the director's commentary too! This disc is the one of the lower tier ones: 899 HUF is £2.61! This must be up there for best value release of the year. Incredible. I was under the impression that only the upper tier priced discs had English subtitles on the extras.

Might I suggest we all pull together a list of what discs are fully English-friendly and which aren't? Similar to what MichaelB has done for the Polish thread?

A kis Valentinó is out or upcoming now. I understand that this too is considered to be one of the best Hungarian films, no?

I haven't seen it yet, but it is one of the Budapest 12.

swo17 wrote:I haven't seen it yet, but it is one of the Budapest 12.

Damn, I've never heard of the film or the director. Curious to see.

Magyar Nemzeti Digitális Archívum lists the DVD of the animated version of Lúdas Matyi directed by Attila Dargay.

Hyppolit, a lakáj / Hyppolit, the Butler (1931) available on Blu-ray.

L.A. wrote:Hyppolit, a lakáj / Hyppolit, the Butler (1931) available on Blu-ray.

That is great news!

Kauno wrote:

L.A. wrote:Hyppolit, a lakáj / Hyppolit, the Butler (1931) available on Blu-ray.

That is great news!

Been out for a couple years now....and is available for a reduced price from local shops even. Should be able to pick up for under $15.

New releases from Magyar Nemzeti Digitális Archívum, directed by Zoltán Várkonyi:

Egy magyar nábob (1966)
Kárpáthy Zoltán (1966)

I'm looking for any of Michael Curtiz's (Kertész Mihály) Hungarian films on DVD. Anyone have any idea if such things exist?

Matt wrote:I'm looking for any of Michael Curtiz's (Kertész Mihály) Hungarian films on DVD. Anyone have any idea if such things exist?

I believe there are none of Curtiz's Hungarian films available on DVD at the moment. Hopefully this is of interest.