The R.I.P. Thread
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Béla Tarr has died, age 70.
If you love slow cinema (which I do), Tarr is really the benchmark. The Hungarian master has become a reference point with his meditative films that last for hours and hours. I’ve seen THE TURIN HORSE, WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES and – the best of them all – SATANTANGO at its whopping 7 hours and 30 minutes. It’s challenging, for sure, but also something to get positively lost in.
Just found out about Béla Tarr, that’s no age to leave us. I’m the proud owner of the Curzon Tarr boxset, but (much like Antonioni) it takes some stamina to sit down to a one of his films. I’ve seen the three that Thor mentions above (love Werckmeister Harmonies in particular) plus The Man From London.
One of the things I like most about the films are the scores by Mihály Vig. Mournful, hypnotic and artisanal, they could hardly be more different from the usual Hollywood composers. I listen to it a lot on YouTube.
I haven’t really checked out Vig’s scores on their own, if they exist on album at all. Thanks for the nudge, TG. I’d also like to check out Tarr’s early films, i.e. the pre-SATANTANGO films. They aren’t as crazy-long as the subsequent ones, so should be doable. But I definitely have to be in the mood.
Tarr really was the natural extension of Tarkovsky (along with Angelopoulos, sorta), and I’m not really sure if there are any current filmmakers that could follow that particular brand of slow cinema.
Sorry to hear it, but I’m not familiar with him, I’m afraid. I’ve heard vaguely of that score in some previous discussion. I’ll give it a shot.
Sorry to hear that Catherine O’Hara died yesterday, at only 71. She’s been a “figure” for most of my film conscious life, especially because of her Elfman/Burton connection. But obviously also HOME ALONE (there’s some weird cosmic irony when both of Kevin’s parents now have died, while the thieves are still alive). I also enjoyed her work in SCHITT’S CREEK in recent years.
I indeed remember her for HOME ALONE only without having her name conciously remembered… Although I saw BEETLEJUICE I wasn’t aware she was in there. In any case 71 is far too young by nowdays standards…
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