#1215: TARR, Béla and HRANITZKY, Ágnes: Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
TARR, Béla and HRANITZKY, Ágnes (Hungary)
Werckmeister Harmonies [2000]
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Werckmeister Harmonies [2000]
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This mesmeric parable of societal collapse is an enigma of transcendent visual, philosophical, and mystical resonance. Adapted from a novel by László Krasznahorkai, Werckmeister Harmonies unfolds in an unknown time in an unnamed village, where, one day, a mysterious circus — complete with an enormous stuffed whale and a shadowy, demagogue-like figure known as the Prince — arrives and appears to awaken a kind of madness in the citizens that builds inexorably toward violence. In thirty-nine hypnotic long takes engraved in ghostly black and white, auteur Béla Tarr and codirector-editor Ágnes Hranitzky conjure an apocalyptic vision of dreamlike dread and fathomless beauty.
145 minutes
Monaural
Black and White
in Hungarian
1:66:1
Criterion Release 2024
Monaural
Black and White
in Hungarian
1:66:1
Criterion Release 2024
Béla Tarr was 45 and Ágnes Hranitzky was 55 when they directed Werckmeister Harmonies.
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Commentary
Video tribute
Documentary 1
Documentary 2
Documentary 3
Controversial altered ending
Theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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The ExtrasThe Booklet
Commentary
Video tribute
Documentary 1
Documentary 2
Documentary 3
Controversial altered ending
Theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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