Who Are These Kids? Music of the Rebellious Youth and Politics in State Socialist Hungarian Documentaries Cover Image

Kik ezek a fiatalok. A lázadó ifjúság zenéje és a hatalom viszonya a kádári államszocializmus dokumentumfilmjeiben
Who Are These Kids? Music of the Rebellious Youth and Politics in State Socialist Hungarian Documentaries

Author(s): Gábor Beretvás
Subject(s): Sociology of Culture, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Social Norms / Social Control, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: Hungarian documentary film; beat music; state socialism

Summary/Abstract: In the article I cover Hungarian documentaries from the 1960s, 70s and 80s that focus on beat music and its reception to explore the contradictory relationship between the state socialist system and youth culture. Films featured in the analysis are Ezek a fiatalok (These Youth, Banovich Tamás, 1967), Meghallgatás (Audition, Jeles András 1968), Extázis 7-től 10-ig (Ecstasy from 7 to 10, Kovács András 1969), Válogatás (The Selection, Gazdag Gyula 1970), Az volt a hej… igazi szép idő (Yeah, Those Were the Days, Szomjas György, 1978), Mikor megszülettem (When I Was Born, Gazdag Gyula, 1979), Az őszinte szó kevés (Honest Words Are Not Enough, B. Révész László, 1980), Kölyköd voltam (I Was Your Kid, Almási Tamás, 1983), Úgy érezte, szabadon él (Felt to Be Free, Vitézy László, 1988) etc.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 48-62
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Hungarian