tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post209996267082461460..comments2024-03-26T01:59:52.206-04:00Comments on Just outside: Brian Olewnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567239067604835372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-45335035069268047732007-06-06T22:04:00.000-04:002007-06-06T22:04:00.000-04:00Appreciate the recs, Nirav, thanks.Tarkovsky as Ti...Appreciate the recs, Nirav, thanks.<BR/><BR/>Tarkovsky as Tintoretto, eh? Hmmm....Brian Olewnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567239067604835372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-45026317960870134482007-06-06T19:57:00.000-04:002007-06-06T19:57:00.000-04:00Oh, and the book Werkmeister Harmonies is based on...Oh, and the book Werkmeister Harmonies is based on is great too, _The Melancholy of Resistance_. There's a similarity between Krasnahorkai's prose style (Faulknerian, I suppose you could call it) and Tarr's camera style that's pretty interesting.Niravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552172449867355687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-373982492406854652007-06-06T19:54:00.000-04:002007-06-06T19:54:00.000-04:00Glad to see you're writing about Tarr, Brian! I've...Glad to see you're writing about Tarr, Brian! I've seen Satantango 3 times, twice in theaters (MoMA both times), and it's one of the great film experiences that I know of. If Tarkovsky is Tintoretto then Tarr is Gruenwald and Satantango is his Isenheim altarpiece. <BR/><BR/>Everything of his is worth seeing, even the early Cassavetes-esque realist films. 'Almanac of Fall' is one that not a lot of people talk about, maybe because it doesn't come across very well on video. It's the Tarr transitional work - thematically akin to the earlier films in that it's essentially a chamber drama but stylistically (camera movement & pacing) leading the way to the later films. The use of color (color!) is as deliberate as any Sirk film, so much so that one hopes that he'll do another. I recommend it highly.<BR/><BR/>If you get a chance, you should try to see the films of Fred Keleman, who is a sort of Tarr protege. His style is more raw, but the feeling is simiar. 'Frost' is pretty tough, but his film 'Fate' is closer to perfect than any other narrative film I can think of (other than 'Killer of Sheep').Niravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552172449867355687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-4000864017954153852007-06-06T14:01:00.000-04:002007-06-06T14:01:00.000-04:00I also have Satantango on Save. I'll wrestle you f...I also have Satantango on Save. I'll wrestle you for it.Brian Olewnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567239067604835372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-57550669811708781422007-06-06T13:53:00.000-04:002007-06-06T13:53:00.000-04:00Hey Brian, I have to say that the Netflix is a gre...Hey Brian, <BR/><BR/>I have to say that the Netflix is a great deal, I also got <I>Werckmeister Harmonies</I> from them. Though I think I'm going to buy a copy at some point. One thing you can do on it is <B>Save</B> a film that has been released and they will add it to your queue it it is available. I have <I>Satantango</I> Saved right not as matter of fact.<BR/><BR/>I have to say that along with the film the music of it has really haunted me. There is a cd that I have yet to be able to track down <B>Mihály Víg</B> <I>Films of Bela Tarr</I> that includes the <I>Werckmeister Harmonies</I> music. But I was able to find a download of it and have listened to it often. Simple, powerful music that I find incredibly moving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-18840111511969778112007-06-05T18:40:00.000-04:002007-06-05T18:40:00.000-04:00nice! Werckmeister Harmonies is actually the one I...nice! Werckmeister Harmonies is actually the one I'd recommend seeing first, from what I've seen, Satantango later. Satantango is on Region 2 DVD, it was scheduled for release in the US, but I'm not sure if it actually made it.Jon Abbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16554860803665562805noreply@blogger.com