Epic!
(NR) Hungary/Germany/Switzerland – 7 hr 19 min
1994 · d. Béla Tarr
Starring Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth, László feLugossy
$20.00 for General Admission, $18 for BMFI Members
Using virtuosic long takes and a jigsaw narrative structure, slow-cinema titan Béla Tarr’s poetic, menacing, mordantly funny tour-de-force unfolds over seven transfixing hours, conjuring the world of a desolate Hungarian village whose faith in a charismatic messiah figure leads them toward calamity. No wonder Susan Sontag said, “I’d be glad to see it every year for the rest of my life”—there’s no cinematic experience like it.
This screening will be presented with two 20-minute intermissions.
Saturday, July 11
11.00am
