SELECTION documents a KISZ (Hungarian Young Communist League) chapter at an oil refinery that is interested in hiring a musical act as entertainment for young workers. The documentary shows the group discussing their criteria for the band, as well as their interviews with the individual bands. It is quickly apparent that the group isn’t interested in any sort of musical talent or the potential audiences’ interest. Rather, they are focused on ideological or moral issues that may be perceived as negative, such as groupies or outfits that are seen as too trendy. They settle on the musical group that is potentially the easiest to control, the youngest band. SELECTION works as a larger metaphor for what censorship was like in Socialist Hungary and was banned from being publicly screened until 1982.
Directed by Gyula Gazdag
Your score–
Not scoredRelated

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

Seduced and Abandoned

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

Being James Bond

Directed by John Ford

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

The Curse of the Dragon

Fuck

Naqoyqatsi

42 Up

The Class of ‘92

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

Night Will Fall

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me