Hungary/Soviet Union
directed by: Miklós Jancsó
written by: Gyula Hernádi, Miklós Jancsó, Valerij Karen
starring: András Kozák, Krystyna Mikołajewská, József Madaras
commented on 30th October, 2018
Whenever I say that somebody understands me like none other, it's the highest compliment I can ever give to an artist/creator. And Jancsó is the OG recipient of this compliment from me. I have seen "The Red and the White" for the first time seven years ago in a local cinema and I fell in love immediately and intensely. I know that my film taste changes slightly (a lot) as the time flies, and I was therefore very curious how/whether my perception of Jancsó's ruthles handling of a film medium like a sculptor's clay changed after all these years. He manipulates it, he bends it, he torments it to get every last detail to be exactly the way he wants it to be, brutal and brutish. And just by describing it this way I can know for sure that my love him is as strong as ever and I am also ready to say that what he makes András Kozák do (here and also in Így jöttem/My Way Home) in the ultimate role of being HUMAN is probably my favourite acting performance of all time.
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