Essentially a series of close, intimate conversations between people living together in a flat. Wonderfully human. The occupants are an elderly woman, her son, the mother's nurse, her boyfriend and a tenant. We see them argue, fight and love. Many fabulous performances. Can't recall the last time I was this drawn into a film.
Very unlike anything I've seen from Tarr. A reminder that the most cinematic of all landscapes is a face. Never leaving the appartment, it's the faces, the dwelling shots of their emotions and the emotional complexity of their relationships that drives this truly marvelous hidden gem. It has a welcoming tone, at least at first, though the atmosphere is cold, and kept getting colder as the situation got less and less pretty. No extensively long takes either, though it remained hypnotic all the same, hell, in my case even more so. I could not take my eyes away.
I agree with you, MaxS, although my exploration in Tarr films is limited (I'm going off my assumptions). I can't say for sure, but I think sometimes Rosenbaum will leave out some films which he thinks are more accessible than others... stopping to put more "popular" films on his list on if they are considered overlooked by him... or some other esoteric rationale.
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St. Gloede
Essentially a series of close, intimate conversations between people living together in a flat. Wonderfully human. The occupants are an elderly woman, her son, the mother's nurse, her boyfriend and a tenant. We see them argue, fight and love. Many fabulous performances. Can't recall the last time I was this drawn into a film.Very unlike anything I've seen from Tarr. A reminder that the most cinematic of all landscapes is a face. Never leaving the appartment, it's the faces, the dwelling shots of their emotions and the emotional complexity of their relationships that drives this truly marvelous hidden gem. It has a welcoming tone, at least at first, though the atmosphere is cold, and kept getting colder as the situation got less and less pretty. No extensively long takes either, though it remained hypnotic all the same, hell, in my case even more so. I could not take my eyes away.
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Well, I'm glad he included it so that it will count as a check when I watch it later this week.Jumping Elephant
I agree with you, MaxS, although my exploration in Tarr films is limited (I'm going off my assumptions). I can't say for sure, but I think sometimes Rosenbaum will leave out some films which he thinks are more accessible than others... stopping to put more "popular" films on his list on if they are considered overlooked by him... or some other esoteric rationale.