György Kovásznai

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György Kovásznai

Born May 15, 1934 · Budapest, Hungary

Died June 28, 1983 · aged 49

György Kovásznai was a Hungarian painter, animation director, and writer. A unique feature of his animated films is the frame-by-frame painting and drawing under the camera, which gives the paintings a moving, constantly changing, bravura quality.

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Memory of the Summer of ’74Memory of the Summer of ’74 · 1974
Memory of the Summer of ’74
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Screenplay Written by, Painted and Directed by György Kovásznai Music Compilation and Sound Editor: Péter Bársony Music Performed by Gábor Presser, Levente Szörényi, Zsuzsa Koncz, Kati Kovács, Máté Viktor, the LGT and the Hungária Bands Collaborators: János Czipauer, András Osvát, Miklós Papp, Béla Zsebényi, Katalin Kaim, Klára Kassai, and Frigyes Janotyik A subjective interpretation of the everyday life of the 1970s’ Budapest . It is an intriguing mixture of popular culture (music) and high art (composition of images). Kovásznai is not interested in telling a story; there is no linear narrative, the structure of the film is defined by the movements and transformations of the paintings to the rhythm of the music, generating a fundamentally audiovisual sensory experience.

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