♪ ♪ -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

♪ >> i did not even think about death. but [indistinct] going through that, i should be. anybody with a camera was shot. immediately. that time, i did not think about it. i found out [indistinct] >> anthony: you were alive and holding a camera at a very important time in history. >> it is very easy to make beautiful pictures. but pictures which mean something more than what is in it. that is a totally different story. ♪ i took a walk through this

beautiful world the league felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something pure in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain on my shoulders ♪ ♪ >> anthony: you know these images. you grew up with them. they are burned into your brain. they are iconic sequences. framed and seen through the lens in ways that change the filmmaking forever. all made by the same man.

so who made these beautiful things? where did he come from? it did not begin in hollywood. it began here in the streets of budapest. what about his life, his past, his upbringing led him again and again to look through a piece of glass and make images like these? but first, some context. and did i mention schnitzel?

♪ it is beautiful here. they said that, of course. that budapest is beautiful. but it is, in fact, almost ludicrously beautiful. a riot of gorgeous architectural styles, palaces, grant public spaces, former mansions of various princes, the remains of a long gone empire still here. still here. if there was such a thing as building porn, it would be this. you think, i wanted that, is there? who lived there? what is it like inside? and where did they go. ♪ from high up, you get a sense of the layout of the city, divided,

split by the danube river, the buddha on one side and passed on the other. hungary's capital, literally divided in two. the crossroads of eastern and western world. which is which now with guta. >> we are in buda. >> anthony: peter is a poet and performance artist. >> if you are in buda, you are in europe and inside is asia. this is the roman empire eventually, this big river. >> anthony: right here? why did they cross? >> the other side is flat and there were all these tribes that were vicious and uncivilized as the romans believed. >> they had all been here, the cells, the romans, mongols, ottoman turks, they all had their way or tried, or left

their mark for one extent or the other. ♪ then mid-19th century, the curious seemingly probable austro-hungarian empire. this is with the city came into its own, fueled by untold wealth, commuted power and ambition. architecturally, intellectually, and a great city, one of the world's greatest. >> and that was a time when budapest was a really progressive metropolis. the first subway in the continent of europe was in budapest. parliament, very sophisticated. people wanted to come here, wanted to live here, wanted to build places like this because it was a good investment. ♪ >> anthony: the new york café is

one of the last remnants of a society where artists and writers were valued citizens regardless of financial means. >> when this caliphate was built, if those café was built, this was the biggest and nicest café in the world never to be closed. >> anthony: here like most cafés, of you sense or a few bucks could buy you space all day long sipping your coffee, thinking great shot -- thoughts. no one would hassle you. it was a petri dish of creativity, no hipster or birds that would make you feel bad about not spending any doubt. >> waiters were speaking several languages and they invited a writer occasionally if you did not have money because they appreciated, where are we now compared to that? >> anthony: don't try that now, of course. today's new york café patrons spent both their time and their money on things like goose liver terrine. fog wall is everywhere and

hungry. and it is good. really good. peter is going for the lamb ragu. super pac. >> it would look like -- it would bring you paper and ink and additional whatever you were looking for. most people did not have telephones at home. you could be called here. >> anthony: why do i want to attract writers? i need more jazz musicians for my restaurant. >> it was a different time. it was not simply about the money. >> anthony: so it was about -- >> identity. >> anthony: yeah. we want to be a place that attracts the best and the brightest, even if they don't have money. those days -- >> those days will never return. ♪ >> anthony: thank you. the main courses, peter gets the fillet of perch and i'm going for the pork throttles to. mostly because i like the sound of throttle. that is beautiful. that makes me very happy. if i were to ask most

hungarians, when vertical days? >> you have no answer. >> anthony: right. >> surrounding. >> anthony: of course, it is not all fine wines there are other pleasures, just as awesome. maybe, maybe even more awesome. ♪ like this. plus sharda. the smoky chili working-class joined owned for the last 25 years and for obvious reasons beloved by locals. and here is why. look at this. golden brown pancake with chicken livers, covered, ground with a rich deeply satisfying sauce of bone marrow. this is great. some of you have noticed and complete. i don't really describe any

more. this is a strategy on my part, actually. it is like after you have used the same adjectives over and over. look at it. it is bone marrow. it is peppery. it is a delicious pancake. it is exactly how with smacking lips. it is good. venison stew, delicious. and then this. this. holy -- really? good lord. jesus. this i need a photo of with a human hand next to it. that is just truly terrifying. who eats that? behold submissiveness, this surfboard-sized order to only the highest standards, schnitzel of justice. drive that baby all the way

home. yep. okay this is good. the texture and pork liver. with hints of -- it is a big way. i can surf this thing back to my hotel. a kidyounot, this is a testament to a great culture. who is counting? do i get a t-shirt if i finish this? my picture on the wall?

lowe's knows it's not just what we've got, it's who we've got. that's why we've got nearly 300,000 associates that got your back. sure lowe's knows the tools, materials and tech to tackle it all. but lowe's knows you also need the how to crew. and the partners pro's count on. lowe's knows no matter what you're taking on, it's always easier when you got the right people, the right products, all at the right place. you got this. and we got you. did you know if you turn to cold with tide you can save up to $150 a year on your energy bill? how? the lower the temp, the lower your bill. tide cleans great in cold and saves money? i am so in. save $150 when you turn to cold with tide. i think i'm ready for this. heck ya! with e*trade you're ready for anything. marriage. kids. college. kids moving back in after college. ♪ finally we can eat. ♪ you know you make me wanna...♪ and then we looked around and said, wait a minute, this isn't even our stroller!

(laughing) you live with your parents, but you own a house in the metaverse? mhm. cool...i don't get it. here's to getting financially ready for anything! and here's to being single and ready to mingle. who's ready to cha-cha?! ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ every day, millions of things need to get to where they're going. and at chevron, we're working to help reduce the carbon intensity of the fuels that keep things moving. today, we're producing renewable diesel that can be used in existing diesel tanks.

and we're committed to increasing our renewable fuels production. because as we work toward a lower carbon future, it's only human to keep moving forward. ♪

>> anthony: we are all of us perhaps called to serve a higher purpose, put here on earth to do god's mysteries will. daniel is here for this to spread the gospel of meat. hungarian wisdom in all its delicious, delicious variety. like st. francis of assisi, he wanders the earth doing good works in his case, highlighting the ancient art of butchering, sausage making, and the preparation of many of the god's creatures, as he himself would no doubt like to see them prepared. ♪ >> when you heard about the budapest butchers. >> anthony: not much. >> there are seven in which we can find a small corner.

wherever you are, you can find a butcher to create something. >> anthony: on this particular quarter, one of daniel's favorites. so you are not able to. you are not -- what do you do? you are an economist. you go from butcher shop to the butcher shop investigating butchers. why do you do that? >> because i like it. i started with this. we should make a fan club. and i started to write on facebook with nearly 10,000 likes. >> anthony: it is so unusual that there are so many because in france, germany and the states, old school butchers who know how to do all of these things are disappearing. their kids are not doing it. >> but with this catering

function -- >> anthony: prepared. >> they tried to save themselves. >> anthony: yes, there are many boutique cuts of meat available as when would expect from a master butcher. then there's a field of dreams, a landscape of fraud and utilities that seem to go on forever. a good hungarian butcher shop should be able to cut meet, make sausage and quick preparations as well. >> yes. >> anthony: there it goes. so beautiful. there's no comparison. plus you could ask what is good today. today look what great timing. they are making one of my favorites, blood sausage. >> you don't have to say it in english because i can't. >> anthony: paprika. oregano? time? margarine. >> margarine. >> here comes the rise. >> anthony: okay.

here comes the butter. beautiful. so good. salt. >> and the sugar. >> anthony: it makes flavors pop. seasoned and right into the t tube. stand by for dick jokes. ♪ what do we have here? looks good. some nice pickles. over there from the bitey sharings, at some mythical creature perhaps, a patellar source. slow braised until the meat is falling off the bone. and let there be blood, delicious, delicious blood, served, still seeming -- steaming, with goodness to escort across your plate as you is against it. so delicious. how often do you do this?

>> accomplished -- couple times a week. >> anthony: what distinguishes a butcher shop? >> all butchers. it is cheap. i can't tell you which is my favorite butcher. all of them are different. >> anthony: in right. do you ever go out for just like a salad? >> no. [ laughter ] ♪ >> anthony: there is another long tradition of artistry here in budapest. we grew up with their works. visual artists, photographers, filmmakers. where do they all go? well, world war i happened and within the end of the austro-hungarian empire, budapest and all your changed forever. the decades long wave of emigration began.

a stunning number of the world's great photographers led to their native hungary and took up new lives. eventually this man joined them. >> since i remember i was living. i was 5 or 6 years old when i was taking. just with my father's kodak camera. in that moment, i capture. that is the difficult part. that exact moment i told the story. hungarians there is this think to xl my father was not really an artist. he was a soccer player. a really good one. he said, son, whatever you do, you have to be the best at it. first. not second. but to be first. otherwise, it is not worth it.

>> anthony: vilmos eeman, a legendary cinematographer if you don't know the name, you sure as hell know his work. the oscar-winning close encounters. the deer hunter. his absolutely relevant -- revolutionary work on mrs. miller. the long goodbye. deliverance. he created a whole new palette into crazy risks and changed film language in ways people still try to imitate. and he is making our camera crew very nervous, i can tell you. self-taught yourself. you taught yourself to shoot. >> i always tried [indistinct] my father's kodak camera. he was sick with some kidney

disease. he was in bed for a month. a great photographer. i bought a camera. i started to take just amateur pictures. >> anthony: one thing that has not changed through the years is the hungarian affection for taking the waters. marinating in baths, a tradition going back to the romance and some of that survived right from two wars and communism and they did it in style. who came here? back in those days? was this reserved for anyone who wanted to come here? >> you know, moneywise, it was since nobody [indistinct], so everyone -- was cheap. >> anthony: right. >> we have so many. >> anthony: there are many bathhouse spas. baroque, elaborately appointed wedding cakes a top mineral rich hot springs gurgling from the

earth but none more beautiful or storied than together. so you arrive at budapest around age 21. >> age 21. >> anthony: what was the city like? >> it was [indistinct] there were ruins after the war. half of the city was immigrants. they did not have much money. >> anthony: when you first moved here, a lot of goes out of film school, what was your average state like? what did you do for fun? what were your options? >> zero. imagine the school. very little help from the government. very little money. a blacklist for lunch or blacklist for dinner. buying a pair of socks.

we were very, very poor. i must say that under this wh whole, probably my happiest part of my life. i was learning. i fell in love immediately. >> anthony: in fact, some of the most powerful and world changing footage occurred around this time before leaving hungary as a film student during the outbreak of revolu revolution. but we will get to the later. s . qulipta® gets right to work. in a 3-month study, qulipta® significantly reduced monthly migraine days... ...and the majority of people reduced them by 50 to 100%. qulipta® blocks cgrp-- a protein believed to be a cause of migraines. qulipta® is a preventive treatment for episodic migraine. most common side effects are nausea,

constipation, and tiredness. learn how abbvie could help you save on qulipta®. moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch. it disrupts my skin with rash. but now, i can disrupt eczema with rinvoq. rinvoq is not a steroid, topical, or injection. it's one pill, once a day. many taking rinvoq saw clear or almost-clear skin while some saw up to 100% clear skin. and, they felt dramatic and fast itch relief

some as early as 2 days. that's rinvoq relief. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal, cancers including lymphoma and skin cancer, death, heart attack, stroke, and tears in the stomach or intestines occurred. people 50 and older with at least one heart disease risk factor have higher risks. don't take if allergic to rinvoq, as serious reactions can occur. tell your doctor if you are or may become pregnant. disrupt the itch and rash of eczema. talk to your doctor about rinvoq. learn how abbvie can help you save.

♪ >> anthony: in many ways, vilmos zsigmond's career begins here about a 200 kilometers south of budapest. here he was raised by his father who worked many jobs to make ends meet. weekends and warmer months all over hungary wherever there's a river to fish, places like this are thronged with families and

here along the tiza river is no exception. here young vilmos and his dad would come here to eat the local specialty, fish soup. how old were you when you first came to play this place? >> i must have been about 7 years old. ♪ my father was really great in those days. we did not have much. but occasionally, he wanted to take me away from work. because he loved this place actually. he loved it. it was special. fish. >> anthony: that is murky. pike from the river shimmered with a healthy amount of onions in the near ubiquitous but always delicious paprika. that is good. right? >> as a kid, i loved that.

the fish tastes so good. >> anthony: during the summer, with the open windows, eating outside? >> swimming in the river. it was a great place. it was a very good place for fun. ♪ and at night, used to come here at night. the gypsies were playing music. i always loved gypsy music. i had a very happy childhood. good times until the war came in and stop all that happiness. it was just hard times. >> anthony: were you fully aware of how bad things were? >> at the end of the war, the

germans came in and they started to bomb us. they started to take jews into working camps. that story to be very, very ugly. >> anthony: for people of your generation who grew up, these were incredibly insecure at times. psychologically, how do you think that changes you as far as worldview? have you become more adaptable? have you become more suspicious? do you become more cynical? >> it is about survival. you know? to survive as hungarians, to preserve identity as hungarians. that is what we did. and survived. >> anthony: he saw a lot as a young boy as he would later as an adult. in 1944, german tanks rolled into hungary. his country was now in the hands of a foreign power and not for the last time. >> and you know, thinking back to my school years, i almost

said those were the happiest is, in my life. terrible things happened all along that, the river, standing and being a part of it. being in a film school was like an island. craziness. >> anthony: i grew up in new jersey. my family was sentimental about beautiful pictures, beautiful script. we saw every film you ever shot. and talk about at the dinner table. these were important. this has to look pretty close to the way it did in the old days? >> oh, yeah. >> anthony: there was this place, however, the very special place for a boy growing up during wartime. the movie house, where he saw his first films. what memorable films did you see in this theater?

[ non-english speech ] >> i traveled with the best experience in life. i was in hungry. the dictator. [ non-english speech ] >> democracy is favorite. liberty is odious. freedom of speech is objectionable. >> such a great job, you know? ♪ >> anthony: some films, of course, it resonated more than others. the power of the visual image intensified maybe by what was going on just outside and dark room. films could be inspiring. they could also be dangerous. what is so matter to me, they still are, to go to a phone, especially in dangerous one, one that was just a subject matter and the content was different and to see that, it is like, oh, my god. what do i do with my life now. this theater, by the way, is now

named in his honor. ♪ couple questions and got a real offer in seconds. then, they just picked up the car and paid me right on the spot. sell your car at carvana dot com today. a man, his tractor and his family. these are the upshaws. though, he goes by shaw. which stands for skilled hands at work. because whether he's cutting hair, mowing grass, moving earth, or even roasting marshmallows. he's got a firm grasp on what matters most. there's a story in every piece of land. run with us on a john deere tractor and start telling yours. - booked our trip to vegas! - in this economy? what are we, rich?! ♪ ♪ are we rich? oh, what a relief.

no more secretly renting the attic to that scary lodger that i met at the reservoir. - we're not rich... i used kayak to compare hundreds of travel sites to get a great deal on our flight, car, and hotel. (loud rustling and clanking from the attic) - who goes to the reservoir?! - kayak. search one and done. introducing the new sleep number climate360 smart bed. the only smart bed in the world that actively cools, warms and effortlessly responds to both of you. our smart sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleep per night. proven quality sleep. only from sleep number. only at vanguard, you're more than just an investor—you're an owner. we got this, babe. that means that your dreams are ours too. and our financial planning tools can help you reach them. that's the value of ownership.

♪ >> when you look at footage you

took during the revolution, you are not in those pictures. but do you see yourself? i mean, do you remember what it felt like? >> i remember i was actually scared to death. you know, they could shoot me. i felt that [indistinct] thanks from going from one side to the other side of the danube. >> anthony: artax coming across? >> well, yes, actually. it is a cool day. it was raining. it was bad weather. very much, you know, in sync with what is happening. ♪ >> anthony: after the war, the cold war. hungry now found itself firmly in the grip of the soviet union. germans had been replaced by russian commissars and their obedient hungary -- hungarian functionary. >> is learning his craft along with his new best friend who

also would go on to become a legendary cinematographer. then in 1956, something amazing happened. >> painted emblems of tyranny went down as hungarian patriots for 10 glorious days sent the russian army pitted against tanks. >> the statue of stalin used to be here. the first night actually when the revolution started, the people wanted to take the statue down. it took more than a couple hours actually to the cut mr. stalin's legs off. they were paraded around the city the next day. people to pieces from it. >> anthony: today, this was that had never been done. the hungarians, to the street. a revolu revolution.

that is when vilmos and some pals snuck 35-millimeter cameras and film out of their school's equipment room and at great risk of themselves joined their countrymen in the streets, documenting revolt and the aftermath. these images are from some of that historic footage. it seemed for 10 glorious days that freedom had finally come. encouraged by the west and by cia radio broadcast in particular, the hungarians believed that help was on its way that this was it, they dug in and fought. hoping to hold out until help arrived. [ sirens ] on november 4th, a desperate plea went out over the airwaves. >> this is -- freedom in hungary.

>> anthony: the russians had been beaten back for a time but now they double down with a vengeance, pouring tanks and troops and heavy armor back into budapest and rudely and all too effectively put down the resistance. help never came. >> this is a place where a lot of things happen. used to be that headquarters. i never saw this before. so this is the first time i'm going in this building. >> anthony: so this was the internal secret police. >> yes. >> anthony: so if someone came at night with a van, you ended up being interrogated here? >> yes. >> anthony: secret police headquarters in 1956. the site of a firefight between slippers on the roof and their fellow citizens below. >> and the people got into the building. they held them. they brought them down. they killed them actually. they hung them on the streets.

>> anthony: hung them here? >> in front of the streets. that is where they hung those people, up there. >> anthony: have you seen people killed before, before the revolution? >> know. very tragic movement. >> anthony: the building is a banded. the door as it turns out wide open. >> oh, wow. oh, look at that. >> anthony: it still feels sad. a little haunted. >> those were vicious times, you know? people's lives were not really important to the people that

were in control. some of them went to siberia. they killed so many people unfortunately. there are photographs. they went to the film. people were in trouble and many were killed. 200,000 people at that time. hungarians. >> anthony: how long did you stick around? >> almost three weeks. and that is when we realized that things would change. >> anthony: you left hungary with a lot of cans of films? >> as much as we could carry. we had just enough money basically to make it to america. and innovative ways to make your e-tron your own. through elegant design and progressive technology.

all the exhilaration, none of the compromise. the audi e-tron family. progress that moves you.

to finally lose 80 pounds and keep it off with golo is amazing. i've been maintaining. the weight is gone and it's never coming back. with golo, i've not only kept off the weight but i'm happier, i'm healthier, and i have a new lease on life. golo is the only thing that will let you lose weight and keep it off. who loses 138 pounds in nine months? i did! golo's a lifestyle change and you make the change and it stays off. (soft music)

and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health versus 16 grams in ensure® high protein. boost® high protein. now available in cinnabon® bakery-inspired flavor. learn more at boost.com/tv ♪ woah... ♪ final boarding flight... wait... is that a phone? look at the performance! the graphics... that thing's a gaming machine! a new challenger! faker! that man's a gaming legend. everyone fasten your seatbelts! and here we goooo! ♪

♪ >> anthony: the soundtrack to old budapest, the ubiquitous gypsy violent found in want them in every café or restaurant. [ applause ] ♪ >> anthony: it is a hard left out of a professional musician. a truer statement in budapest as anywhere. these guys are budapest born and

eclectic group of extraordinary musicians united by their dedication to uniquely hungarian crossroads of 11 and classical music. -- gypsy and classical music. ♪ [ applause ] [ non-english singing ] >> anthony: so what does a band do with subsidence, perhaps some strong drink is required? it is back to the flat of lead finalist and his wife -- violinist and his wife and they must play more music. >> no hesitation.

>> he says it is very rare that anybody who is not a gypsy can play gypsy music. gypsy music to the whole lifestyle, the whole experience, kids start learning it when they are 2 or 3. by the time you are 8, you have all the ingredients in your blood. ♪ [ non-english singing ] ♪ >> anthony: basically the aretha franklin of hungarian jeopardy music -- gypsy music and also a fantastic cook. talent does not preclude her from overseeing dishes like

chicken, roasted bacon, stuffed cabbage filled with goose meat and slow cooker and of course, the inevitable goulash, the iconic dish you see everywhere but rarely as good as this. [ non-english singing ] ♪ >> anthony: should i put a little -- >> yes. >> anthony: beautiful. >> bon appétit. >> anthony: thank you. >> she says it is her own special recipe. >> anthony: jarluxurious. >> it is not a good time.

[ non-english speech ] >> it is very bad for the gypsy musicians generally speaking, it is completely a part of budapest far. >> anthony: it is heartbreak. it is sadness of an important part of music. >> so it is a lot of heartbreaks. it is a lot of difficulties. and there is another saying that the violence trying to gypsy violence crime of there is another one that even if we have enjoyed, we cried. the hungarian. ♪ [ non-english singing ]

is dragon -- [ singing - non-english ]

. you can't always prevent what's going on outside... that's why qulipta® helps what's going on inside. qulipta® gets right to work. in a 3-month study, qulipta® significantly reduced monthly migraine days and the majority of people reduced them by 50 to 100%. qulipta® blocks cgrp a protein believed to be a cause of migraines. qulipta® is a preventive treatment for episodic migraine. most common side effects are nausea, constipation, and tiredness. learn how abbvie could help you save on qulipta®. when cold symptoms keep you up, try vicks nyquil severe. just one dose starts to relieve 9 of your worst cold and flu symptoms, to help take you from 9 to none. for max strength nighttime relief, nyquil severe: ♪ okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we support immune function. supply fuel for immune cells and sustain tissue health. ensure with twenty-five vitamins and minerals,

and ensure complete with thirty grams of protein. ♪ you said close your eyes ♪ ♪ don't look down ♪ ♪ fall into me and i'll catch you, darlin ♪ ♪ we'll dance in the street like nobody's watching ♪ ♪ it's just you and me ♪ celebrate every kiss. get zero down special financing with the kay jewelers credit card. lowe's knows it's not just what we've got, it's who we've got. that's why we've got nearly 300,000 associates that got your back. sure lowe's knows the tools, materials and tech to tackle it all. but lowe's knows you also need the how to crew. and the partners pro's count on. lowe's knows no matter what you're taking on, it's always easier when you got the right people, the right products, all at the right place.

you got this. and we got you. as a business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving by switching to the mobile service designed for small business: comcast business mobile. flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable 5g network. with no line activation fees or term contracts. saving you up to 60% a year. and it's only available to comcast business internet customers.

so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities. everything's changing so quickly. before the xfinity 10g network, we didn't have internet that let us play all at once. every device? in every room? why are you up here? when i was your age, we couldn't stream a movie when the power went out. you're only a year older than me. you have no idea how good you've got it. huh? what a time to be alive. introducing the next generation 10g network. only from xfinity. the future starts now.