The Cinema of Béla Tarr : The Circle Closes / András Kovács.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kovács, András, author.

Series:

Directors' Cuts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tarr, Béla, 1955---Criticism and interpretation.

Tarr, Béla.

Motion picture producers and directors--Hungary.

Tarr, Bela, 1955 -.

Tarr, Bela, 1955 - -- Criticism and interpretation.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Local Subjects:

Motion picture producers and directors--Hungary.

Tarr, Bela, 1955 -.

Tarr, Bela, 1955 - -- Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Cinema of Béla Tarr is a critical analysis of the work of Hungary's most prominent and internationally best known film director, written by a scholar who has followed Bela Tarr's career through a close personal and professional relationship for more than twenty-five years. András Bálint Kovács traces the development of Tarr's themes, characters, and style, showing that almost all of his major stylistic and narrative innovations were already present in his early films and that through a conscious and meticulous recombination of and experimentation with these elements, Tarr arrived at his unique style. The significance of these films is that, beyond their aesthetic and historical value, they provide the most powerful vision of an entire region and its historical situation. Tarr's films express, in their universalistic language, the shared feelings of millions of Eastern Europeans.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The Persona

2. Style in the Early Years

3. The Tarr style

4. The Tarr style in Evolution

5. Narration in the Tarr Films

6. The Characters

Conclusion

Filmography

Select Bibliography

Index of Names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231850377

0231850379

OCLC:

850194349