简介：ThehistoricaliconographyandsorrowfullegacyoftheformerCommunistblocasfilteredthroughthelyricallensofartisticHungarianexileslivingintheEastVillage.Astronglyvisualcompositionheldtogetherbydocumentarymontageandthreadsofnarrative(mainlyconcerningthegreatexiledRussianauthorBulgakov),Szirtes'filmisthoughtful,evocationandeulogyofaneraendedandeerilyaugursthebreadlinesandchaosofanewonejustbegun.StarsartistChristofKohlhofer,writerPatrickMcGrath,AngelaBabinandothers. Here'sanintriguingcombination:apoliticalanimalstory.Not"politicalanimal"inthesenseofsomeonewhowatchesC-SPANallday,butagenuineanimal.ThehumanprotagonistofAftertheRevolutionisastrugglingHungarianwriter.Hopingtodeflectgovernmentalcensorship,theauthorrelateshiscurrentbookthroughfromthepoint-of-viewofhispetcat.BearinmindthatAftertheRevolutionwasmadeafterthatBarbaraBushvolumeofthelate1980s.…