CINEMA CYCLE
(Cardio Workout And Reviewing Movies At The Same Time)
DATE REVIEWED: 08/08/2017
FORMAT: Laserdisc
TIME RIDDEN / FILM LENGTH: 1 hour 25 minutes
DISTANCE RIDDEN WHILE VIEWING: 19.4 miles
TOTAL CINEMA MILES LOGGED: 7210.7 miles
SYNOPSIS: A young boy / man deals with the loss of his father in post WWII Hungary.
CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE VIEWER: Our identity in turbulent times and how we deal and cope with doubt and the unknown.
PROS AND CONS: Not what I expected. A Hungarian film made in 1966. It is in the neo-realist genre of de Sica, Fellini, and Truffaut. The film is funny and entertaining throughout, lacking much of the depression and somber tone of other films of this genre.
Much of the film is given over to surreal fantasy scenes that are very much like Fellini’s work of the early 1960s. You have to watch carefully to determine what is fantasy and what is reality.
This is good filmmaking, using unique and interesting imagery and camera angles along with whimsical location and staging.
This film is a part of my LaserDisc Collection.
Clicking on the title will take you to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry for this film.
This film was viewed while exercising on my recumbent cycle. A summary of my time spent working out on my journey through movie-land can be found on Strava.com.
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