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Film 7.30 PM
WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES
dir. Béla Tarr
year. 2000
country. Hungary
run-time. 145 mins
rating. 12A
“Novel, compelling and...quite astonishingly moving.”
“Tarr’s precise yet effortless command of the long take is so transcendent as to suggest the presence of God.”
Within a bleak rural Hungarian town rumours abound of a mysterious circus that is due to arrive. There are suggestions of apocalyptic events coinciding with the circus’ performance in neighbouring towns. A young man, Janos witnesses the arrival of the circus and the townspeople’s descent into violence provoked by the appearance of the Prince and the whale.
Based on László Krasznahorkai’s acclaimed novel The Melancholy of Resistance, Werckmeister Harmonies is an enthralling and mesmerising film, quite unlike anything else you have ever seen.
Béla Tarr
Born in Pécs in 1955 Béla Tarr is one of the most celebrated auteurs in cinema. Initially intending to become a philosopher Tarr was prevented from attending university by the Hungarian government so pursued his ‘hobby’ of cinema. His films, typically darkly comic and apocalyptic, are usually set against a backdrop of oppression, chaos and occupation.
Starting with 1988’s Damnation Tarr began collaborating with novelist László Krasznahorkai adapting his works Satantango (into a 7 hour epic) and The Melancholy of Resistance. One of the greatest directors of the ‘slow cinema’ movement Tarr retired from filmmaking in 2011 leaving us with a small but unforgettable body of work.
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