At last, Hukkle is out on DVD. I highly recommend this
extraordinary film.

Mike
(mob61uk)


--- In filmtalkuk@..., "Mike OBrien" <mob61uk@y...>
wrote:
> Cambridge Film Festival 2003
>
> An extraordinary, and quite brilliant film. It's another great
find
> at this year's festival.
>
> If I remember rightly, it's the sound engineer Tamás Zányi who
gets
> the first credit on the title sequence. So he should – the sound
> design is quite exceptional, and integral to the film. In fact,
> much of the film is constructed around a carefully orchestrated
> soundscape of natural sounds from the Hungarian village where it
is
> set. A repeated hiccup is answered by a dog; the tinny rhythms
> spilling from a girl's earphones are taken up by an insect chorus:
> this is a world where sound is narrative.
>
> The photography, though, is stunning as well. From extreme close-
> ups, to arial shots, to Matrix-like special effects, the
photography
> is both technically astonishing and aesthetically beautiful.
>
> There is no real dialogue in the whole film, which begins with a
> series of small events in the life of a village, seemingly only
> connected by sound or visual motifs. However, gradually you begin
> to notice recurring characters. Then there is an important
> discovery in the village and the local policeman investigates.
>
> The tone of the film is a wonderful mixture of the comic, the
> macabre, and the surreal.
>
> I cannot recommend it highly enough.
>
> A must see.