Béla Tarr’s 10 Favorite Films


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The Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr bid a farewell to the active filmmaking at the age of 55 with the 146-minute long reckoning The Turin Horse (2011), consisting of 30 takes. His filmography counts nine features that elevated him into the pantheon of world cinema, earning Tarr epithets as legend, master, cult or visionary, among others.


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At the Film Stage, Z. W. Lewis notes that when Béla Tarr, a consultant on the film, "speaks of Hungarian master director Miklós Jancsó in interviews, he describes his '60s and '70s films as a rallying point for a country that had lost its identity and a cinema culture that defaulted to safe Soviet-realism productions."


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The Criterion Channel's August Lineup Includes Béla Tarr, Marguerite Duras, Husbands & More Leonard Pearce July 25, 2022 Look into the series Criterion Channel have programmed for August and this lineup is revealed as (in scientific terms) quite something.


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Sátántangó (Hungarian: [ˈʃaːtaːntɒŋɡoː]; meaning 'Satan's Tango') is a 1994 drama film directed by Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr.Shot in black-and-white and running for more than seven hours, it is based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai, whose works Tarr has frequently adapted since his 1988 film Damnation.


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There is not a living filmmaker quite like Bela Tarr. With what has been billed as the auteur's final film, The Turin Horse, finally available on Blu-ray via the latest brilliant release from Cinema Guild, a long, iconic and influential career has now allegedly come to a conclusion.And if that is true, one must consider this one of the greatest and most important career-concluding features.


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Sátántangó (Béla Tarr, 1994) #1 by kekid » Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:43 am. I saw Satantango at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It was shown over a single session with two fifteen-minute breaks. It was certainly an extraordinary experience, as well as a rather exhausting one. Bela Tarr makes Antonioni seem dramatically fast.


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Béla Tarr (born 21 July 1955) is a Hungarian filmmaker. Debuting with the film Family Nest (1979), Tarr began his directorial career with a brief period of what he refers to as "social cinema", aimed at telling everyday stories about ordinary people, often in the style of cinema vérité.


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Béla Tarr Reflects on Making Seven-Hour 'Sátántangó' 25 Years Ago and Life as an 'Ugly, Poor Filmmaker' "I'm just a big fucking maniac who believes in people," the filmmaker said before screening.


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It's the most accessible Bela Tarr for the uninitiated. This is the type of film that is the foundation of the Criterion Collection; choice films that introduce under-appreciated filmmakers to a.


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I've seen three of his films: Satantango, The Turin Horse, and Werckmeister Harmonies. Those three appear to be his most celebrated films, and I believe Tarr's work is worthy of the Criterion Collection. Werckmeister Harmonies is my favorite by him, though Satantango is also great.


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Honored to have a great visit today from the legendary director Béla Tarr! Four films from his acclaimed filmography—including the new restoration of WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (c/o @janusfilms)—now playing @filmlinc with Tarr in person! https://bit.ly/3NcLdQm . 13 Jun 2023 19:28:13


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Jun 6, 2023 Share Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky's Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) T he title of the American Cinematheque's seven-film retrospective opening today goes hard— Boundless Damnation: The Films of Béla Tarr.


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Béla Tarr (b. 1955) is the ultimate auteurist's auteur, an artist who ascended from a cult director little known outside of his native Hungary to one of the most revered figures in world cinema today, all the while stoking an enflamed cinephilia among his growing legion of passionate followers.


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Criterion Collection @Criterion DAMNATION (1988)—the newly restored masterwork by Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr—is streaming exclusively on @criterionchannl ! criterionchannel.com/damnation Solidifying Tarr's arresting aesthetic, DAMNATION features exquisite black-and-white cinematography and mesmerizing long takes. 2:37 11.3K views


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Published May 21, 2022 Béla Tarr's glacial-paced epic is a suffocating portrayal of an inability to escape. After rising from a drunken fall, having finished the last of his fruit brandy, a.


“Time is very cruel” Béla Tarr on Sátántangó at 25

r/criterion • Criterion break - I was a bit nervous walking into the theater today. The film has garnered such a praise and my expectation was really high. Well fortunately it's such a beautiful film, probably a perfect one. There is not a single false note the entire film. Some scenes are beyond words :)