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Title:
Sátántangó [digital video].
Publication Date:
1994
2020
Publication Information:
Arbelos Films, 1994.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (439 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
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**.
General Note:
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Performers:
László feLugossy, Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Genre:
Language:
Hungarian
Additional Language:
In English
Electronic Access:
Access immediately on Kanopy