☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Sátántangó (1994) – B. Tarr
Perhaps I
cheated by watching this 7.5 hour (12 part) film over a week's time. But its
amazing long takes, during which the camera stands stock still or pans slowly
around characters, close to objects and sometimes into darkness, bear a lot of
scrutiny. The stunning b&w images and very physical repetitive soundtrack
make watching the movie akin to staring at a painting listening to drone music.
The plot is continually mysterious, as information is only gradually imparted
to the viewer (from multiple perspectives). This is either about the collapse
of a collective farm (due to idiocy it seems) or allegorically about the fall
of communism in Hungary and the loose ends its people found themselves at or
even more allegorically about humanity duped by the false messiah. With a tango
structure. Astonishing.
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