The Man Behind the Curtain
Gábor Bódy, Experimental Film Culture and Networks of State Control in Late Socialist Hungary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12224150 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sonja Simonyi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 519-529 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Third Text (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-8822 • E-ISSN: 1475-5297 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09528822.2018.1527113 |
| OpenAlex | W2896627786 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article traces the life and legacy of Hungarian film-maker and media artist Gábor Bódy, a key figure of post-war Hungarian experimental cinema whose trajectory ties together various aspects of artistic production and cultural politics during the socialist era. Bódy was a crucial figure in the development of Hungary’s experimental media culture in the 1970s and early 1980s, yet alongside his major role in shaping alternative cultural life in the country in this period, he also wrote secret reports to the state about fellow artists and film-makers between 1973 and 1983, some of them his close friends and collaborators. In discussing this multi-layered personal trajectory, the article argues for a more nuanced understanding of the ways in which cultural and political life coalesced under state socialism and calls for a revision of Gábor Bódy’s image as either an undisputed hero or vilified perpetrator of the state socialist era
Aesthetics · Art · Communism · HERO · Literature · Media studies · Movie theater · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · State (computer science · European history and politics · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |