The Tragedy of Man

Mother of God, what an accomplishment this film is. A 2 hour and 46 minute animated adaption of an incredibly difficult to perform 1861 play where Lucifer guides Adam from the Garden of Eden to the end of time and shows him his children's struggle to find meaning after…

COBRARocky

words to study before watching the tragedy of man (2011): * homoousion * schismatics * climacteric * poltroon * dross * raiment * brook (verb) * mountebank * bugbear * curst * philtre * fairing * alembic * phalanster * avaunt * obol

ruhland

"... will it be so forever?" - Old Man, What a journey. I wish I had the writing and/or mental talent to give this the full review it deserves but instead I'll simply say that I loved it and found it to be quite powerful. The animation is beautiful and it's cool to see…

{Todd}

Jankovics #3 A truly stunning work of art. Jankovics shows every drop of blood, sweat and tears in a piece that took 23 years to make. No, this is not like it’s troubled brethren The Thief and The Cobbler or The King and The Mockingbird in that we still do not have the…

Ziglet_mir

This is a transcendent piece of art that is so deep I couldn't watch more than 3 minutes at a time before having to pause and discuss with the audience I was watching it with. This encapsulates nearly all of the discussions I have and what I write about in my personal…

Warhawk

cool story bro

Evasive

A film 23 years in the making: Marcell Jankovics’ The Tragedy of Man is a a triumph just for existing. When funding for the film fell through after the collapse of the Soviet Union Jankovics produced the film in piecemeal form as funding slowly trickled in between 1988 and…

Ben Reiss

ANIMATION IS A MEDIUM, NOT A GENRE! Marcell Jankovics has proved this in every single one of his projects, and the Tragedy of Man is probably the best example of it. In this almost 3-hours-long epic, Jankovics employs an immaculate style portraying substance with the…

Kris

It's brilliant. I understood 40%.

Ryan Schou