BELA TARR The Prince of Hungarian Films
Original Title: Sátántangó
Director: Béla Tarr
Writer: László Krasznahorkai
Music: Víg Mihály
Year: 1994
Description: The sound of bells plague the old doctor's sanity for he is assured that the distant bell tower has collapsed. He walks over to the chapel to find a madman tolling the bells and announcing that the Turks are coming.
Scene in hospital - filmed in one take - from Bela Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies.
Interview with the Hungarian film director Bela Tarr, made during the 12th Sarajevo Film Festival. From the TV show "Kuhinja", a weekly programe on the phenomena of contemporary culture, produced by pro.ba (www.pro.ba), a Sarajevo based independent TV, film and video production company. Broadcast Thursdays 22:30 CET on BHT1 (www.pbsbih.ba).
Tracking shot in the rain from Bela Tarr's Damnation. The film is available on the DVD in the UK http://tinyurl.com/fyz4v and in the US tinyurl.com/z8aje
The music is by Mihály Vig who composed the scores to many of Tarr's films and even acted in one ("Sátántangó", as Irimiás). A great sounding selection of his work appeared on CD in Hungary: tinyurl.com/hdoc3
This piece is track 9 ("Esö").
For more information on Bela Tarr go to website on Tarr called THe PRINCE.
