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The Rock Convert (1988)

The Rock Convert (1988)

Music Documentary
Release Date: 1988, November 20
Directors: János Xantus
Countries: Hungary
Production: Mozgókép Innovációs Társulás és Alapítvány, Mozgókép Innovációs Társulás és Alapítvány
Cast: László Bolyki, Tamás Pajor, Zsolt Deák, Tibor Dóka, Sarah Fruct, János Gémes

Overview:

Director Janos Xantus was in the middle of making a video about Hungarian rock star Tamas Pajor when his subject suddenly became a convert to born-again Christianity. As a result, Xantus was able to record the startling transition. Pajor had been a hell-bent rocker, heavily into drugs, and known for a violent temper. We see him become a clean-living, clean-cut youth who sings about Jesus. Xantus had captured pre-conversion tape of Pajor trashing a hotel room and punching his hand through a plate glass window. In one of this film's most effective scenes, the new Pajor, hand heavily bandaged, quietly watches this footage. Rock Terito also has some dramatic recreations, but these add little to our understanding of Pajor. The transfer from video to film was generally effective, but some scenes are murkily lit. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi