Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: EZEK A FIATALOK.The First Hungarian Beat Movie (1967) Ádám Ignácz (Budapest) On a summer afternoon in 1967, Balatonlelle was preparing for an unusual event.Contrary to the common practice of selecting a well-known cinema of Budapest, the premiere of the new Hungarian music film, EZEK A FIATALOK [THESE YOUNGSTERS] was scheduled in the unknown open-air film theatre of this small village resort by Lake Balaton, some 140 kilometres away from the capital city.But in contradiction to the expectations, thousands of people, mostly youngsters, watched the film there during a very short period of time, and later on its popularity expanded further significantly.When the film was screened in film theatres and cultural-educational centres around the country during the following months, the estimated number of viewers hit almost a million.Even though the better part of the early articles and reviews highlighted its weak points, the sheer number of them indicated that the director Tamás Banovich (1925-2015) had found a subject of utmost interest to the entirety of Hungarian society.The extraordinary success and popularity can be explained by the mere fact that within the framework of a simple plot, EZEK A FIATALOK provided a platform for the most prominent contemporary Hungarian beat bands to present their works.In 1967, more than ten years after the first Elvis films had combined the features of popular music and motion picture, The Beatles already stopped giving concerts, and in the West people were talking about the end of the first phase of traditional beat music and were celebrating the birth of new KIELER BEITRÄGE ZUR FILMMUSIKFORSCHUNG, 12, 2016 // 219
Author: Ádám Ignácz
Language: German
Topic: Cinema History and Criticism
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4383559607