The Philosophical Research Society's 7th House Screenings is proud to present a retrospective of mindblowing films by the Hungarian animation master Marcell Jankovics (1941-2021). Considered Hungary's answer to Walt Disney and winner of both an Oscar and Palme D'Or for his short films (
Sisyphus
 and 
The Struggle
, respectively) Jankovics directed the country's first animated feature film (
János Vitéz
,
 
1973) before creating his masterpiece and inarguably 
the
 
most psychedelic animated film of all time – 
The Son of the White Mare
 
(1981)
.
 
His brilliant career, with its focus on myths and folktales, culminated with his magnum opus 
The Tragedy of Man
 
(2011). Nearly 30 years in the making, the epic spans thousands of years, following the archetypal Adam creation myth through the epochs, each in a different animation style – all gorgeously hand drawn. Join us on three Sundays (April 27th, May 4th, and May 11th) to experience Jankovics' artistic genius on the big screen!
THE TRAGEDY OF MAN
*Please note this event's earlier start time
.
Our retrospective of the films of the late, brilliant Hungarian animation master Marcell Jankovics concludes with a truly momentous event — the long-awaited 
Los Angeles theatrical premiere of his magnum opus and final film 
THE TRAGEDY OF MAN 
(2011), truly 
one of the most remarkable animated films ever made.
Nearly three decades in the making
, this staggeringly ambitious passion project is a monumental adaptation of Imre Madách's 1861 dramatic poem, a literary masterpiece so embedded in Hungarian culture that many of its lines have become everyday quotations. After writing the screenplay in 1983, 
Jankovics set out on the seemingly impossible task of faithfully adapting the work for screen, bringing its history-spanning narrative to life through meticulously hand-drawn animation.
TRAGEDY 
is
 an epic spanning all of time, 
following Adam (standing in for humankind) as he is guided by Lucifer on a journey throughout history
. As he experiences the rise and fall of civilizations, from ancient times to the distant future, Adam witnesses the cyclical nature of human struggle, suffering, and the pursuit of meaning. Over the course of this odyssey through the ages, the film
 profoundly explores the question of free will, the eternal search for purpose, and the consequences of human choices, questioning whether humanity is doomed to repeat its mistakes...questions that could not be more relevant to our current moment in history.
Just as the core characters of Adam, Eve, and Lucifer switch guises with each new epoch, 
Jankovics renders each chapter in a drastically different animation style.
 Over the course of its grand duration (at 160 minutes it stands, firmly, as the longest animated film in the Western world), we voyage – stylistically – from 
a lysergically psychedelic Eden to a rustically rendered Stone Age, a sumptuously animated Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece a la "living urn," a 
strikingly cross-hatched vision of The French Revolution to a starkly stylzed dystopian future
 (and more!).
 
With each chapter, Jankovics' creative dexterity proves just why he is considered one of animation's great geniuses.
Though it was released over a decade ago (and a decade before Jankovics' passing) to tremendous acclaim and success, its weighty themes and impressive runtime have largely kept it from playing theatrically in the U.S., where animation still struggles to be accepted as pure cinema. Now, at a time when its message is more vital than ever, 7th House is very proud to bring this masterpiece to The Philosophical Research Society for its first-ever LA screening! 
Do not miss this major theatrical event!
Dir. Marcell Jankovics, 2011, 160 mins, Hungary, Hungarian w/ English Subtitles, Unrated, Digital.
Special thanks to Dennis Bartok and Craig Rogers of Deaf Crocodile Films.
Special thanks to Bret Berg of American Genre Film Archive.
Ticket Price: $10 (In-Person Only Event)
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