Leto (2018) guest: Dénes Varga (film aesthete)
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This programme is held in Hungarian.
After Anglo-Saxon musical films in 2025 and Hungarian documentaries in the spring of 2026, international productions will once again feature in the Rock Film Club’s autumn 2026 programme. Alongside Leto/Summer (2018), which presents the Soviet underground rock music of the 1980s and the rebellious world of Leningrad’s rock clubs, two films connected to the Freddie exhibition at the House of Music Hungary, on view until the end of 2026, will be shown: Flash Gordon (1980) and Highlander (1986), whose music was composed by Queen and later released as a standalone album. After the screenings, film aesthete and professional staff member of the Pop Culture Club Library, Béla Szilárd Jávorszky, will lead a discussion.
The 2018 Russian–French musical biographical film (directed by Kirill Serebrennikov) presents the Soviet underground rock scene of the 1980s and the rebellious world of Leningrad’s rock clubs. The plot focuses on the rise of the legendary musician Viktor Tsoi (frontman of the band Kino), as well as the emotional love triangle between his mentor Mike Naumenko and Mike’s wife, Natasha. This sultry, summer-feeling work, shot in both black and white and colour, is at once a tribute to artists confronting an oppressive regime and to the Soviet reinterpretations of the era’s cult music (such as Talking Heads or Blondie).
Guest: Dénes Varga, film aesthete
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Contemporary Hungarian film and (rock) music have been in contact practically since the late 1960s. Sometimes more intensively, sometimes more loosely, but they are essentially inseparable. Before the screenings, Béla Szilárd Jávorszky will talk briefly about the genesis and pop-historical significance of these works, followed by a discussion with a guest film aesthetics expert on the relevant domestic and international trends.
Language: Hungarian
