Heroic Times - BLU-RAY

HEROIC TIMES (DALIÁS IDOK), 1984, Hungary, 79 min. InchA crime is a crime, even if committed by kings,Inch intones the narrator of director József Gémes' animated portrait of the supposedly InchheroicInch age of medieval knights and kings, a sprawling and bloody tapestry of ruthless combat to rival InchGame Of Thrones.Inch Based on an epic narrative poem by 19th century Hungarian writer János Arany, HEROIC TIMES has a unique visual style combining gorgeous oil paintings and 2-D animation, similar to the Japanese anime BELLADONNA OF SADNESS. Stylistically, the film is closer to sweeping medieval sagas like Aleksandr Ptushko's ILYA MUROMETS, John Boorman's EXCALIBUR and Ralph Bakshi's underrated version of THE LORD OF THE RINGS, tied together by the battle-wearied voice of the narrator InchI haunted the alien streets as a spirit of withered times.Inch Winner of the feature film award at the 1985 Annecy Animated Film Festival, the long-unseen HEROIC TIMES has been newly restored by the NFI - National Film Institute-Film Archive in Hungary for it's first-ever U.S. by Deaf Crocodile. In Hungarian with English subtitles.