Trailer: Fantastic Fest Screened Restored Version of Visceral Animated Film SON OF THE WHITE MARE
Josh Millican
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The best animated movie ever made (and one of the most disturbing) might be the one you’ve never heard of. Son of the White Mare (aka Fehérlófia) is a Hungarian film released back in 1981. And while it may have faded into obscurity, a restored version was screened before a new generation of cinephiles at Fantastic Fest in Austin.
Synopsis:
One of the great psychedelic masterpieces of world animation, Son of the White Mare is a swirling, color-mad maelstrom of mythic monsters and Scythian heroes, part-Nibelungenlied, part-Yellow Submarine, lit by jagged bolts of lightning and drenched in rivers of blue, red, gold and green. A massive cosmic oak stands at the gates of the Underworld, holding seventy-seven dragons in its roots; to combat these monsters, a dazzling white mare goddess gives birth to three heroes–Treeshaker and his brothers who embark on an epic journey to save the universe. Directed by Hungarian animator Marcell Jankovics (famed for his 1974 Oscar-nominated short Sisyphus), Son of the White Mare has been restored in 4K using the original 35mm camera negative and sound elements by Arbelos in collaboration with the Hungarian Film Archive.
The restoration was produced by Arbelos Films, who will hopefully be releasing the film on Blu-ray/DVD.
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