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Sátántangó [1994]
from Artificial Eye
starring Peter Berling, Janos Derzsi, Mihaly Vig, Erzsebet Gaal, Miklos Szekely
directed by Bela Tarr

Features:

• Box set
• Black & White
• PAL
• Widescreen

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• I was like totaly awesome dude
  I once went on a search for the longest film ever released and i stumbled upon this. At 7.5hours long it fitted the bill it's also black and white and in Hungarian.
  So i bought it purely because it was 7.5hrs long, b&w and Hungarian. I just wanted to see if i could, i had no idea what the film was going to be like.
  Once it arrived i waited until the mood was right to sit/lay down and watch as much as i could in one sitting. I was half expecting it to be some philosophical arty bull**** of a... more info

• impatience is the only sin....
  Currently my favourite film. Though it would no doubt bore the pants of someone with little patience or interest in the finer (if somewhat dirtier) habits of humanity. Beautifully shot (Tarkovsky influence).

• Great viewing
  This is a great film to watch when you're doing something else. That isn't a joke or faint praise - how often have you looked for "something to put on" while you're surfing the net? I should know: I'm watching it now.
  It's basically about a group of scumbags who are persuaded to leave their farm by a mysterious figure - but they leave behind an old, sick doctor.
  It's very funny, full of gorgeous long tracking shots, and has amazing location footage. The music is lovely (reminds me of Tristram... more info

• Mud, Rain & Alcohol
  A collective farm in disarray. A messianic agitator. And lots of mud & rain. Yes, it's the infamous 7 hour movie, all in Bela Tarr's trademark style: arty black & white cinematography, long slow takes, tracking shots & zooms. The style recalls Tarkovsky but the sensibility is completely different - relentlessly downbeat, squalid & cynical, a bit like Aki Kaurismaki without the jokes. So you get a doctor drinking himself to death, a cat being tortured & a suicidal little girl taking rat... more info

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