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Tag Archives: Béla Tarr
Almanac of Fall / Öszi almanach (1984) Béla Tarr, Hédi Temessy, Erika Bodnár, Miklós Székely B.
A large, claustrophobic apartment is the setting for this intense chamber drama. Read More »
The Prefab People / Panelkapcsolat (1982) Béla Tarr
A husband and wife, drifting apart, reflect on the events leading up to the worst argument of their marriage. Read More »
Macbeth (1982) Béla Tarr, György Cserhalmi, Erzsébet Kútvölgyi, Ferenc Bencze
In this powerful short film, the renowned William Shakespeare play is stripped down to the bare essentials, consisting of two lengthy shots. Read More »
Sátántangó / Satan’s Tango (1994) Béla Tarr, Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth, László feLugossy
In a small, dilapidated village in 1990s Hungary, life has come to a virtual stand-still. Read More »
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky, Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla
This story takes place in a small town on the Hungarian Plain. In a provincial town, which is surrounded with nothing else but frost. Read More »
The Turin Horse (2011) Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky, János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos
1889. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the whipping of a horse while traveling in Turin, Italy. Read More »