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1 online resource (streaming video file) (439 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
László feLugossy, Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth |
| Event |
Originally produced by Arbelos Films in 1994. |
| Summary |
One of the greatest achievements in recent art house cinema and a seminal work of "slow cinema," SÁTÁNTANGÓ (SATAN'S TANGO) , based on the book by László Krasznahorkai, follows members of a small, defunct agricultural collective living in a post-apocalyptic landscape after the fall of Communism who, on the heels of a large financial windfall, set out to leave their village. As a few of the villagers secretly conspire to take off with all of the earnings for themselves, a mysterious character, long thought dead, returns to the village, altering the course of everyone's lives forever. Shot in stunning black-and-white by Gábor Medvigy and filled with exquisitely composed and lyrical long takes, Sátántangó unfolds in twelve distinct movements, alternating forwards and backwards in time, echoing the structure of a tango dance. Tarr's vision, aided by longtime partner and collaborator Ágnes Hranitzky, is enthralling and his portrayal of a rural Hungary beset by boozy dance parties, treachery, and near-perpetual rainfall is both transfixing and uncompromising. Sátántangó has been justly lauded by critics and audiences as a masterpiece and inspired none other than Susan Sontag to proclaim that she would be "glad to see it every year for the rest of [her] life". Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival** and the **Toronto International Film Festival**. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
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Foreign films.
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Drama.
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Motion pictures.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Tarr, Béla, 1955- film director.
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feLugossy, László, 1947- actor.
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Víg, Mihály, actor.
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Horváth, Putyi, actor.
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Arbelos (Firm). Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm) Distributor.
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| Music No. |
7520418 Kanopy |
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