Jancsó recalled bringing his first film, a French-Israeli co-production, to the Berlinale in the mid-80s. He said it was difficult to know where to place the festival in relation to festivals in Cannes and Venice because the Berlinale had become so big.
Commenting on Hajdu's new film, Jancsó said there were "plenty of fantastic kids" working in Hungary's film industry "who make great films".
Jancsó said recently at the Hungarian Film Week that he had not seen too many films lately, but the ones he had seen were very good.
Speaking about his own new film, So Much For Justice, which opened Hungarian Film Week, Jancsó said people who don't like him won't like the film. "Anybody who likes me will like the film," he added.
Hajdu said his latest film says much about a lot of things in a lot of different ways, but its main message is about the possibilities fantasy offers in a situation in which a person has nothing more to hold on to.
Hajdu said he wanted to make a "tableau" of post-communist Hungary in his next film, based on the writings of Sándor Tar.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI) / Photo: hungaricum.de
