The Apocalyptic Filmmaker that Haunts My Soul

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About this video essay:
An analysis of the films of Béla Tarr; covering Nietzsche’s philosophical influences; existentialism, humanism, and the art of deep emotion.
0:00 Prologue: An Encounter with Nietzsche
0:48 Introduction: The Works of Béla Tarr
5:38 I. Villages of the Damned
11:33 II. The Death of God
18:38 III. The Greatest Weight
25:55 IV. The Art of Deep Emotion
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@LikeStoriesofOld Жыл бұрын

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@johnwolf2829 Жыл бұрын

Had to replace the earlier comment.-- I HIGHLY suggest to you an Anime series called "Girls Last Tour" for something that will stay with you. It is about two teen-aged girls navigating a Post-Apocalyptic setting where the dreadful truth of it all, while subtle, is so monstrous that any hero we are familiar with would have lost their minds very quickly... but not these two little heroins. They were born into a world with no hope, but they face it with the kind of simple grace & dignity that makes you glad.... glad that these two were the final representation of Humanity. You'll see.

@VIK_1903 Жыл бұрын

The "problem" with your videos is that they're so good that they make me want to stop and go watch the film to try to get at least a drop of what you show and say. That's how great you are! (but I keep watching them to the end)

@yggdrasild755 Жыл бұрын

ah the hypocritical anti nationalist bela tarmac who opens his door to anyone and never locks it lol

@ChristmasLore Жыл бұрын

Your conclusion reminds me so much of the cinematography of Lars Von Tries, a same ineffable quality, grounded in a sense of humanity. Thanks for your work.

@ruukaoz Жыл бұрын

I'm Hungarian. There was a screening of Sátántangó in Budapest and a friend of mine got excited and told all his friends to come and see it together if anybody wants to. I didn't go, and i hate myself for it ever since, because as they sat down (it was a small theatre, 50 seats max) right before the movie started in walks Béla Tarr, says how grateful he is that people came to watch his movie, said a couple of words about the movie, and "enjoy!" He left the room, and the movie started. :)

@Film-Memory Жыл бұрын

@ruukaoz I'm really sorry, 😱I don't want to be in your place for a second. God gave you great directors, Gabor Body, bela tarr, Miklos jancso, sazbo ...

@danrichards9823 11 ай бұрын

I saw that movie here in the UK, in Leeds. In a cinema. It was a pretty interesting experience. Far too long a movie though.

@TheGyroBarqusShow 6 ай бұрын

I felt your pain, sorry man.

@LoveandLight7720 Жыл бұрын

Loneliness is a longing for a connection not only to ourselves but to the world around us , especially in our times of need. It is as if we’re walking the world aimlessly in total darkness without a light in sight. Hoping that someone will find us , hold our hand , bring us home and wrap us in a warm blanket of togetherness . We want a safe space for our vulnerabilities, a place where we can take our shoes off and not worry if we muddy the rug. A hug that reaches to the depths of our inner child and brings fourth a glimmer of hope that everything will be ok and to know that someone will walk beside us as we journey into the sun until we are ready for them to become a shadow behind us …. ( Home)

@karl2851 Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@LoveandLight7720 Жыл бұрын

@@karl2851 you’re welcome.

@lilcreaper007 Жыл бұрын

Bro I am screenshoting this and writing it down word for word and giving it to this hot emo chick I want to bang so she thinks I'm deep and philosophical. Thank you man.

@heavyt749 Жыл бұрын

Lovely! And spot on

@LeatherNinja Жыл бұрын

Understood

@kecse Жыл бұрын

Well done 👏 As a native Hungarian, I have to say that these films capture not only the essence of "Hungarian-ness," but also "human-ness" at their core. These films are a quiet, gentle slap on the face that make you open your eyes and wake up to (an unpleasant) reality we usually prefer to pretend not to see.

@je-freenorman7787 Жыл бұрын

As a human, you are not a hungarian

@kecse Жыл бұрын

@@je-freenorman7787 What I mean is that the universal ("human-ness") is expressed through the specific ("Hungarian-ness").

@je-freenorman7787 Жыл бұрын

@@kecse you mean the Hun? Nazis from WW1? They were Aryans, before being converted to Chrisitanity

@kecse Жыл бұрын

@@je-freenorman7787 I suspected that you might be getting at this, but I gave you the benefit of the doubt. My only response is, "He who is without sin cast the first stone."

@je-freenorman7787 Жыл бұрын

@@kecse and tomorrow has yet to come. what of it? are you in the Holy Roman Empire?

@themusic6808 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching the The Turin Horse one night and just being completely and utterly entranced by it. The one shot scenes of the daughter walking some 5 minutes through the valley to get water from the well each morning, the sequences of them eating their daily ration of one potato in complete silence, the musical cadence that plays throughout the entirety of the film just becomes hypnotizing. Stunning direction and cinematography, you’re just watching characters react to their surroundings without the need for almost any words or dialogue. It’s certainly a film you’ll likely never see replicated.

@violetchristophe Жыл бұрын

Sounds like the "slice of life" genre, where there's no real story to tell. It's just a look into a life and world that is not your own.

@SodiumWage Жыл бұрын

One other thing to consider is just how incredibly cinematic Tarr's films are. His cinematic approach to film making highlights his humanistic philosophy in that all human beings deserve dignity. Tarr gives each of the characters in his film the chance to inhabit a beautiful work of art, as if to say "Yes, this person might be "ugly", but life, no matter how bleak, is still worthy of dignity and is beautiful in its own way". And then just to drive the point home, he allows the audience to spend so much time with each of these characters because he not only wants us to see their worth and their dignity despite the grime and sadness, but also to LIVE and FEEL their worth and value as human beings. He doesn't let us just take a quick look at his characters, he demands we live with them and in the process come to empathize with them.

@Noteven0 Жыл бұрын

Life is cruel, painful, cold, unjust and bleak, yet people will do anything to survive.

@thejamnasium6447 Жыл бұрын

I was legitimately just researching Bela Tarr last week, and now this. Synchronous indeed.

@Ribo138 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking of how all “movies” are a template nothing more. Opening KZfaq this morning and within the first few minutes the line “until someone is out side of the norm do you feel friction” hooked me.

@thejamnasium6447 Жыл бұрын

@@Ribo138 I've also been reading a lot of Philip K. Dick and I think synchronous things start to happen to you when you read PKD

@phillylifer Жыл бұрын

I was illegitimately doing the same.

@breathestrongcycling3672 Жыл бұрын

It's not synchronicity....google is watching you 😉😆

@estebanb7166 Жыл бұрын

@@thejamnasium6447 Enjoy. He’s great

@cernunnos123 Жыл бұрын

I think the long cuts serve a very practical purpose. Processing emotions is like pouring water on the soil. You can only do so much actively, but in the end, you have to give it time to soak in. All these cuts are very monotone and you can analyze the scene all you want, you run out of it and the cut still goes on, and your brain switches to idle mode. That's exactly when the subconscious processing begins. So he doesn't let them wash away at surface level, doesn't relieve you, he patiently makes you wait until it's all soaked into your very core. If you let that happen, they will haunt/awe you for many years.

@codylakin288 Жыл бұрын

Haven’t watched the video yet, but OH MY GOD. You’re arguably my favorite video essayist on KZfaq for the soulfulness and the existential themes of your writing and your approach. And Bela Tarr is my favorite filmmaker of all time. I can’t believe this is happening 😭😭

@yazid709 Жыл бұрын

You sound like such a gay reddit white boy

@sky44david Жыл бұрын

This consideration of Bela Tarr exists within the context of the Hungary that Bela Tarr grew up in: The transition from Soviet domination & control of communal farms and the "cap" the Soviets kept by keeping ethnic tensions below the surface by a police force that all suddenly evaporated at the collapse of Soviet rule and was followed by chaotic mismanagement and random acts of petty ethnic violence. The experience of sitting in a theater and viewing a Tarr film on a big screen (as he intended) is rare, it only happens at a University Art Museum context doing a Tarr retrospective. The beauty and cinematic skill of black and white cinema and its dynamics of extremely intentional moving tracking shots that follow person(s) through spaces and landscapes & the faces of non trained actors who are all Tarr's friends that express the real beauty and dignity of the people of Hungary who get "pegged" as what the artist Kathe Kollwitz called "the down-trodden" appear in Tarr's expertise of filmmaking expressing human dignity more immediate and raw than any other appearance in the history of cinema. The "Turin Horse" is set in Northern Hungary in the late 1890's when the entire region was devastated by extreme drought that lasted over 5 years. It was an area of Eastern Europe without theinfrastructure of water and power. Well water was how the people survived, and when that dried up we get to experience that via Tarr's cinematic vision. You got it right when focusing on Tarr's intentional expression of "human dignity".

@jukee67 Жыл бұрын

@@Hugatree1 It is repeated or reset as has been in the past. Problem is that greed takes over those that take the lead after those that survive chaos rise from the ashes. All that is left is there for the taking and from there everything else can only be conquered from that point forward. The family in America is put into competition within one another as in multiple children and the college madness. Children must find a passion or love of something and make that a career regardless of money. That person needs no alarm clock. The money will come along with being the best at what you do and love. Its pure. The corporation is anything but pure well just pure profits and the love of that greed. Modern Humanity is a failure...A pure failure. And nuclear energy is the ultimate reason why when the power goes down even earth as a whole will burn for it. That moment fast approaches as I type this comment. Best of luck to you.

@ahyaok100 Жыл бұрын

@@jukee67 There is no utopia. Capitalism, communism, or any hybrid will never be perfect.

@christinequinn5355 Жыл бұрын

@@jukee67 Well said. And another part of this tragic circumstance is the chronic impatience and forgetfulness that is exponentially growing in the United States and Americanized modern society. As a person from Ireland with a strong connection to the deep dark part of my soul, I am extremely familiar with the work of the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. I have watched his play Waiting for Godot at least 10 times. Yet probably less than one in 100,000 Americans have probably heard of him, let alone seen his works. I would say the same regarding the works of Ingmar Bergman and Akira Kurosawa. Here is an odd truth: there are more than 2.5 million ants to every human being on planet Earth. Humanity's egoic, hubris ridden sense of importance ironically denigrates the strange, suffering wonder of being human, as well as the rich complexity of the biodiverse Earth of which we are a part. If we could accept that our being conscious, SENTIENT beings AUTOMATICALLY involves SUFFERING, we might go a long way to adjusting to the existential reality of being on planet earth. Unfortunately, I am one that does not see this version of human society lasting more than another 100 years or so. It is simply not sustainable.

@DerCineast Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you made a video on Béla Tarr. Above all "The Turin Horse" is one of my favorite movies and for me one of the true masterpieces of 21th century cinema!

@DarkMysteriousObject Жыл бұрын

It absolutely blew me away when I saw it at the Chicago Film Festival the year of its release

@gearracing Жыл бұрын

I've been watching your programs for a few years now. I want to express to you how much they have have sharpened my understanding of filmography, and how they have unlocked the hidden beauty these films contain. I think your are a treasure. Your fan forever.

@CristianGeelen Жыл бұрын

So happy that you address Bela Tarr. The Turin horse and Satantango are most of the most gorgeous black and white movies ever. They are super underrated and sometimes difficult to get. But oh so beautiful…

@emilsinclair Жыл бұрын

Werckmeister Harmonies has one of the most remarkable openings I have ever seen. This is a very profound video essay about Tarrs work.

@HenrySosenite Жыл бұрын

The opening is great, but the monologue of the protagonist's uncle about the Harmonies is the highlight of the film. Sadly, that's the last vital scene in the entire film until the hospital scene and its use of silhouettes.

@jackofallfades2656 Жыл бұрын

If ya like the work, check out its source material. It's based on a novel by the title of The Melancholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorkai. He's a great writer.

@jacklawrence2212 Жыл бұрын

This is a wonderful, insightful documentary, done with absolute sincerity and love without being pompous. One of the best online docs on a film maker I've ever seen and it's absolutely certain I'll watch The Turin horse.

@MrAngryorangutan Жыл бұрын

Tom I'm incredibly happy to see you return to a more philosophical video once again, whilst I enjoy your videos on intricacies of filmmaking, I adore your videos that touch upon philosophy and human nature

@michaeltoddserrart Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for an introduction to this genius I was unaware of. I work in film and am currently struggling to assist the director with post production editing issues. I’m also a fine artist and a gallery owner in LA working on a large body of art. I’ve shifted into monotonous work and the cinematic grey he filmed in has further validated my desire to continue painting this work. Bravo to you Sir!

@N0tsaved Жыл бұрын

I've never heard of this man before but I do appreciate the passion that you put into this.

@slavetothepages-reviewingt9464 Жыл бұрын

Your channel popped up unexpectedly- I have never heard of this fiilmaker - but I watched right to the end your incredibly well-researched and beautifully narrated video - this is the sort of filmmaker I have been searching for - thank you so much - all the best from Melbourne Australia - Mike

@PEBeaudoin Жыл бұрын

this is an excellent video essay about Bela Tarr - I love your contextualization, interpretations, and insights. Thank you for making this work.

@_PL_ Жыл бұрын

Another masterful video essay. Watching the timelapse footage of Tom watching Satantango reminded me of my own home viewing of the nearly 3½ hour _Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles_ some years back. I was somewhat proud of myself that I watched it straight through, without so much as a bathroom break. Of course, at less than half the length of Satantango, it was maybe not so heroic a feat. One of these days, perhaps, I'll get around to watching Tarr's epic...

@Usernamenotfound487 Жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel by searching for movies to watch 2022 edition and this was my second video after I finished the first one. I have to admit that generally I don't enjoy watching movie reviews because they lack a deeper meaning and sensibility, but you are such a great storyteller. I almost felt like in a movie theater for 37 min straight.

@thechizzamiliz Жыл бұрын

YESSS. Loving seeing Bela Tarr get more recognition through channels like this, some great things have come of the internet

@RichInk Жыл бұрын

Beautifully presented and articulated. Thank you.

@Eamonshort1 Жыл бұрын

You are like the Werner Herzog of KZfaq, the depth and soulfulness of your videos are amazing. Also, like Herzog, even when you're talking about the bleakest of matters I still find your voice so soothing.

@zacharywong483 Жыл бұрын

Really nice video! Great choice of filmmaker to focus on and great deep dive into Tarr's works!

@Allenmarshall Жыл бұрын

A perfect day for a new release. Thank you for your work.

@PedroDominguesunus Жыл бұрын

Incredible video. I had the chance to see "Satantango" in a movie theatre in a VERY cold night. I walked for hours trough the city after that. I never been so imersed in something in my whole life. It took months for this dreadfull feeling of my scale in the cosmos to leave me. Best film ever made in my view.

@francescosbarbati9735 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this essay, it's really wonderful. You've done a very good job and your analysis is great. I like a lot the part about Nietzsche. From a Bela Tarr's fan ;)

@alexnim4873 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video essay. Thank you for the time and effort put into making this

@lynnromanusa Жыл бұрын

By far the best video essay I've seen on Tarr.

@DelightLovesMovies Жыл бұрын

I love your documentaries about films. They are some of the best I have ever seen.

@lowrider81hd Жыл бұрын

Huge Bela fan here. Thank you so much for making this video. I enjoyed it beginning to end, thank you so so much! New subscriber now! ❤

@williamvestbirk8173 Жыл бұрын

The story of Nietzsche's breakdown closely resembles Raskolnikov's nightmare in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. I wonder if Tarr was trying to reference both of these great thinkers in one go.

@pablohb4 Жыл бұрын

Man, what a video, thank you so much!

@dididisaster7615 Жыл бұрын

I love you. Thanks for this. Tarr really carried on Tarkovsky's sublime work on the use of unbroken time to love by way of seeing(my own very subjective experience.) Thank you for touching on all the aspects of Tarr. The multiplicity of his art.

@grouchomarxist666 Жыл бұрын

Loved your essay. Piqued my interest in Tarr. Nice touch filming your bits in B&W.

@fbi299 Жыл бұрын

These videos are so profound and encouraging.

@orpheus9037 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely lovely video - just the sort of intro an absolute beginner who knows nothing of Tarr can watch to help ease their way into his work, yet insightful enough for seasoned viewers to find something new. Convinced me it's time to bite the bullet and watch Satantango. Incidentally, you have a great face for B & W. Good bet many who watch will probably fall in love with you.

@sabojezles Жыл бұрын

Excellent video essays, sir, as always.

@michelguevara151 Жыл бұрын

just had the channel recommended, not disappointed. thank you for the upload.have a like.

@RobVespa Жыл бұрын

I wasn't familiar with this director. Thank you for bringing him to my attention. I look forward to discovering his works.

@FriAnde92 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. Love your work. I also watched Satantango about eight years ago, and the same year I read Infinite Jest; so I can totally relate to what you said about that feeling of accomplishment from finishing such works of art; almost physically draining. What you said in the end made me think of Gilles Deleuze's writings on cinema and what constitutes the viewing experience as such. Might be interesting to you! So glad that I found your channel. Blessings from Sweden!

@ro55reel5 Жыл бұрын

I found Jest through great enthusiasm, shared and celebrated, animated with wide eyes over spilled drinks in Hanoi bars, physically igniting. Twice read, put a gallop in the step of my perceptions.

@FriAnde92 Жыл бұрын

@@ro55reel5 You read it with others? In like a book circle? I will probably read it again someday. I think I could appreciate the nuances more these days. And I would say DFW:s dystopic future has been all but realized by now, at least when it comes to the prevading mentality in the culture, our tendency toward isolation and comfort in the form of entertainment, drugs or delusion.

@ro55reel5 Жыл бұрын

@@FriAnde92 ah no book circle, was lucky to be around a few people who were enjoying the book at the same time. Yes I agree, the entertainment has many of us catatonic.

@jamesjoelholmes4541 Жыл бұрын

The first film from Bela Tara I saw was Werckmeister Harmonies. I'm about an hour into Satantango (I like your idea of watching it all in one sitting). I honestly don't remember many of the details from the story of Werckmeister Harmonies, only how it made me feel. And to me what comes across is how, as humans, we always try so hard to survive-no matter how bleak and desperate things are. Even knowing that things are likely going to get worse and feel more bleak-we can't help but push forward... we do what we must to survive the next moment, and the next as best we can.

@anthonydimichele837 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your insights to one of my favorite directors, and his films.

@mirellavasileva2038 Жыл бұрын

I think after hearing about the eternal recurrence dozens of times, this is the first time I really understand the meaning, from your thoughts in this video. Great essay!

@n00dle10 Жыл бұрын

Your work is very beautiful and does a wonderful job at exemplifying the cinema you cover. I love you

@cleojones228 Жыл бұрын

Stunning! Thank you!

@csifcsakgabor1486 7 ай бұрын

Truly remarakble analysis, thank you!

@jylyhughes5085 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. This is beautiful.

@acuencadev Жыл бұрын

I never heard of Belá Tarr before, but I will definitely sold it to me. Thanks for your amazing work as always.

@PilgrimVisions Жыл бұрын

It's worth reading the Krasznahorkai novels behind two of the three Tarr films you mention; they require a disciplined attention but are not as demanding as one might be led to expect from the films. Krasznahorkai's life-philosophy is not Tarr's, but the bleak luminosity of Tarr's films resonates with the apocalyptic style of the source-material. Also, the Werckmeister Harmonies soundtrack (especially "Old") is well worth a listen on its own.

@lynnromanusa Жыл бұрын

I've only read Satantango, but it definitely complemented the experience, philosophically and even visually. Seriously the best written depictions of rain, wind, and darkness I've ever read

@attilapalmai1593 Жыл бұрын

As a hungarian i heard only the director's name here and there, however this video make me to watch these fascinating piece of cinemart. Its odd (and sad?) that i had to meet with these informations on an foreign youtube channel. Thank you, LSO.

@WilliamHumphreys Жыл бұрын

Superb video. I knew nothing about Tarr. Thank you

@DaddyDaughterMovieNight Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this piece.

@mountaintruth1deeds533 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic work, thank you..

@lulawentworth Жыл бұрын

As always, thank you so very much for the work you do. I was wondering, have you ever considered doing an essay on pain? I often share your work with family members, friends, coworkers, or anyone in need of comfort, commiseration, or contemplation. Your videos have quite often been the catalyst for group gatherings and discussion, and in one recent meeting one person mentioned the struggles we all have with pain and our need various attempts to escape rather than embrace it. I'd love to see what you might make of the subject. Or if there are previous videos in your backlog you'd recommend. Thanks again!

@shakifnadeem Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this briefly simple video essay.

@splijter Жыл бұрын

wow! thanks, love the visuals! will go deeper into his work. the philosophy goes way over my head though but i'm used to that.

@shahlabadel8628 Жыл бұрын

thanks for your educational content.

@mysto Жыл бұрын

Very insightful. Many thanks for that.

@FREEMAN-fx3ef Жыл бұрын

I know this video was a lot of work to make and I appreciate it. thank you!

@todormia Жыл бұрын

Great channel! Thank you

@HSPalladino Жыл бұрын

Wow! thank you so much for this video. As an author of nordic crime, Béla Tarr is now definitely on my list to study.

@catalogueofwonders Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this beautiful work and also for putting into words my feelings about Tarr's films I never was able to express. I watched all the films in the comfort of my living room, as you did. There's heaviness and poetry and I, many times, ended the films crying (as in Turin's Horse). My question, and perhaps a project, though it would be difficult to materialise, is how these marvellous films 'feel' in a big screen. Satantango is my favourite, and its duration and the rituals of watching it, as you so well observed, have a weight to the final physical and intellectual 'witnessing' of it. I wonder how it would be to get out of the house, walk to the cinema and spend more than seven hours ... 💘

@Goranh Жыл бұрын

Im utterly blown away by the quality of this video.

@russellk631 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Totally forgot about Bella Tarr. I remember seeing Wrekmeister Harmonies at the NYCFF many years ago. Definitely challenged my view on how narratives in films “should” be constructed. I think the Daniels (directors) today are also motivated to break down this collective movie logic as well.

@milk4you1200 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@TheDreadfulCurtain Жыл бұрын

This really helped me remember Nietzsche’s ideas and how subtly transformative cinema can be thank you

@dag320 Жыл бұрын

outstanding commentary

@AlbertKarhuFilms 2 ай бұрын

I cannot thank you enough for this. but thank you.

@elenilouarasi2828 Жыл бұрын

There are different schools of cinema and the factors can be many, for example geographical, cultural, historical and influential cinematographers of the past. We can see in his work Bergman, Tarkovsky, even characteristics of New Wave. Of course we the film lovers appreciate old school cinema, therefore thanks for your wonderful work 🙏❤️🎞

@TheJayRoth Жыл бұрын

Another great video

@philosopher.d Жыл бұрын

I’ve been trying to get into Bela Tarr for awhile. This is gonna act as a jumping point for me. Really appreciate this video

@THICCTHICCTHICC Жыл бұрын

He's very difficult to get into. Start with the shorter movies like Damnation and gradually work your way up to Satantango. Damnation and The Turin Horse, though shorter are still unbelievably slow.

@hugomadrid5464 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!!!

@N.M.T.K Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your videos

@DjAdagio 9 ай бұрын

Great Work... "Nice One!"........

@roshanthakur8662 Жыл бұрын

I will first watch the movies before watching your analysis. You have enticed me enough. Thanks for introducing a filmaker like him!

@JohnPatrickWeiss Жыл бұрын

This was outstanding.

@elisazouza Жыл бұрын

I've almost finished Santango and I absolutely adore the long slow takes

@marklee1376 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting about this film, I'll remember watching this film but I don't get the meaning or message they want to tell, this is beautifuly presented and articulate thank you.

@UncleColin Жыл бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed this video

@vincentgaliano Жыл бұрын

Beautiful video. I remember when I watch Satantango : I prepare some food, turn off my phone and cut internet. It was a great experience. I wish I saw the film in a theatre. Another similar experience was watching live The Third Day - Autumn. It was 12h I think. All shot live and broadcasted on Facebook.

@themadgi Жыл бұрын

I think that Tarr tried through feature and shot length to allow the movie to impose its own temporality upon the viewer in a much more invasive way than usual. I see it as a deliberate effort to bring about a spatial reconstruction in the viewer's mind. Thereby drawing one into the distances and times associated to his movie's landscapes. One consequence of this is a detachment from the expectations tied to narrative structure and the rules of storytelling as the viewer is much more closely bound to the same temporality as the characters and objects on screen, which I feel drives to a greater focus on the setting. If, as Tarkovsky puts it, a director is "sculpting in time" then him and Tarr through it definitely created a distinct space in our minds. A "moviescape" around which the viewer's entire temporality must revolve, as you showed in your montage. Anyway, another great and challenging essay. Thank you.

@rexesshadow8628 Жыл бұрын

A very informative viewpoint.

@TommySawtooth Жыл бұрын

I feel like you will have a story for Andor. The 12th episode and funeral march... and what led toward that. What I've heard is that Andor, as a series, started as the idea of the funeral march... was written out from there. In the meantime, I love your stories and videos.

@blackberrydreamsz Жыл бұрын

Excellent video.

@robertsantana3261 Жыл бұрын

No whale has ever haunted me like the whale in Werkmeister. As a lover of bleak weather, I enjoy watching Tarr’s bleak movies. Thank you for posting this wonderful look into a great and daring filmmaker.

@ZoltanTemesvari_temy Жыл бұрын

Excellent analysis of Tarr's work. Worth to mention that most of Tarr's movies are based on novels and stories of the Hungarian writer, Laszlo Krasznahorkai (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Krasznahorkai). Tarr and Krasznahorkai have been entangled in a extraordinarily creative way.

@atypeofcool Жыл бұрын

Your exploration of these films reminded me a bit of Matthew Zoller Seitz' review of last year's Wild Indian.

@cerebrum333 7 ай бұрын

I saw Werckmeister Harmonies in film class at UNC and it blew my friggin' mind. It was a course on the opposite of Hollywood cinema and this one really stuck with me. I had no idea films could be so.....incroyable. Changed my entire perspective on film and what it could be. The long takes, the length of the movie, the setting, the bleakness & isolation, I think about it often still 10 years on. Just incredible.

@Arcadious10 Жыл бұрын

Please do a piece on Andor. Thanks for the great content as always

@Jpeg-yz4xj Жыл бұрын

Saw The Turin Horse when I was 20, preparing to go into art university. I don´t think I will ever recover from the experience of watching this movie.

@sabilalmuhtadin717 Жыл бұрын

Great essay Really make me watch tarr film

@RokStembergar 11 ай бұрын

For some time now i've played with an idea for a book. A book that would be long and hard to read through. But the person that would pick it up would perhaps, at some point, feel my struggles of writing it and join me on that path. Thank you for this video :)