Acting
Rob Yard hasn't got any money, nor apartment, nor girlfriend. He's living in his brothers house. But Rob's got a special skill: he can control his dreams almost always. One day he realizes, he can do anything that he dreamt of before. That power can change a man very easily, and Rob isn't a strong person...
A daily newspaper is in a huge crisis. Keszeg, the editor in chief charges his best journalist, Rezso to find a recently kidnapped accountant, who worked for the local mob before. Keszeg expects that this guy can debunk many famous politician very easily. Andras is a bung and alcoholic character, but he's the only one who can help Rezso on his desperate search. Rezso and Andras doesn't like each other, but they're forced to liaise for the purpose. This is only a one day story, because the evening and the deadline are approaching.
An Imperial Message is a 1975 Hungarian experimental film directed by László Najmányi. The 'story' was based on Franz Kafka's short story Eine kaiserliche Botschaft.
According to Peter Brook, all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged is for a man to walk across an empty space whilst someone else is watching him. Thus, an empty space becomes a bare stage. However, this raises countless questions about the relationship between reality, everyday presence and role-playing, something experimental filmmakers coming from the 1970s world of theatre dealt with in detail. Tibor Hajas explored the topic in a short experimental film made at BBS.
