Tradition and Modernization. Contemporary Hungarian Popular Cinema

• Authors: Balázs Varga

Title variants

PL

Tradition and Modernization. Contemporary Hungarian Popular Cinema

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

This article provides an overview of the recent trends and problems of Hungarian popular cinema with special regard to its cultural context outlining the process of recognition of popular cinema over the past twenty years in Hungary. In general Hungarian cinema is characterised by middle-range genres (dominantly comedy) and not by a large scope. This was the case in the 1930s and 1940s during the ’golden age’ of Hungarian comedies and popular cinema. And this typifies contemporary Hungarian popular cinema as well. However, the first decade after the political changes, the 1990s was characterised by a return to the tradition of the classical Hungarian comedies and only the 2000s brought the modernization of Hungarian popular cinema.

Keywords

EN

Hungrian film market; Hungarian cinema after transition; Eastern European cinema; Hungrian film market; Hungarian cinema after transition; Eastern European cinema

PL

węgierski rynek filmowy; kino węgierskie po transformacji; kino Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 22
• Pages: 175-187

Dates

published

2013-01-13

Contributors

author

Balázs Varga

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/i.2013.22.12