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If Andre Takovski is best at expressing the poetry of long shots, robert bresson's cleanest and simple aesthetic style, and John Kassovitz has innate inspiration for scene scheduling and characterization, then Bela Tarr is a continuation of the three men and a master at the same time.

Bela Tarr, 1955 was born in Page, Hungary. He is the most outstanding film director in Hungary after Milos Janso in 1960s. In 2005, he was ranked 13 in the Guardian's list of "the most important directors in the world" and was called "the last movie master in the 20th century". Social changes, political turmoil and persistent pursuit of art have all added a strong legend to Tal's life.

Compared with most directors who are late bloomers, Tal's artistic career started earlier. /kloc-at the age of 0/6, he began to shoot with an 8 mm camera, trying to shoot a documentary in which gypsy workers wrote letters to the top of the Party to express their desire to leave the motherland. Because the strong political tendency permeated in the film annoyed the authorities, Tal was jailed. However, he was not intimidated by the harsh political environment at that time, and finished his first drama "Family Apartment" shortly after he was released from prison. The film made Tal a blockbuster. Later, while studying systematically in the Film Academy, he continued to devote himself to the exploration of the art field.

Since 1979, Tal has made a series of films with socialist realism style, such as Family Apartment, The Outsider, Building Block Life, etc. And from the claustrophobia of five people, the film form turned to the surreal style, and the scourge of 1988 made him truly become a mainstream western art filmmaker. However, due to political pressure, Tal and his wife, as film editors, had to leave their hometown and stay in Germany for a year. After that, at the kind invitation of China filmmakers, he returned to China to shoot Satan Tango, a classic masterpiece that sensationalized the world film industry. The film has conquered many filmmakers, and American director Garth Van Sant became a loyal fan of Tal through this film, and inspired by this film, he filmed widely acclaimed works such as Wandering in the Desert and Elephant. Susan sontag, a famous American scholar, also praised Satan Tango as "the most classic and successful film in the past fifteen years".

At this point, Tal's artistic career reached its peak.

Immersed in a sad poetic world

I'm 100% sure that movies should have more levels, not just stories about people, but also images, atmosphere and time-"time" is a very important part of life. Maybe, I cut in the camera, not on the cutting table. Look at those photos. We always start with close-ups, then shoot the scenery, and finally return to the role. I like to connect different elements in series and tell them with a long lens.

Bela Tarr

Family Apartment

As Tal's first feature film, Family Apartment tells a young couple's life dilemma caused by housing problems with documentary realism. A large number of close-ups and close-ups set the tone for Tal's future film style. The film is full of "happiness and sadness", which shows Tal's subtle observation of people's real life and also reflects his ideological power of "being a philosopher without directing".

outsider

The film continues Tal's consistent realistic style. The protagonist in the film is a violinist nicknamed "Beethoven" by friends. The unstable life and complicated love relationship show the breadth of society and the thickness of human nature. The film uses unprofessional actors, live impromptu conversations, hand-held shooting and other techniques to appropriately reflect the social outlook and the real situation of interpersonal communication in Eastern Europe at that time. After the film was finished, Tal told the media: "My film is a rebellion against the Hungarian political system and a rebellion against Hungarian films at that time. There are too many rubbish and lies in Hungarian movies. We don't have to knock, let's just break in! We will bring something fresh and real. "

The claustrophobia of five people

The film was deeply influenced by the theater styles of Strindberg's "Dream Drama" and Bergman's morbid "Indoor Drama", which changed the familiar documentary style and then turned to magical realism style, marking a major change in Tal's artistic thought. The film begins with Pushkin's poem and tells the story of a group of "marginal" characters. Carefully designed composition, colors and strange shooting angles cruelly and realistically depict these trapped animals.

Satan tango

This is Tal's most representative film, and it is also the perfect embodiment of his long lens aesthetics to the extreme. The film lasts for 7 hours, 15 minutes, and adopts the tango dance structure of "six steps before six steps", interspersed with the story of villagers seeking a way out after the disintegration of Hungarian collective farms. Extraordinary long shots and accurate scene scheduling outline a poetic picture: cattle pass through dilapidated towns, broken and mottled outer walls and cowsheds, towns completely isolated from mud and continuous rain ... each scene is a masterpiece in the history of photography.

Whale circus

The Whale Circus is one of Tal's most fascinating masterpieces. It took four years before and after the film, and cooperated with seven photographers to create unexpected wonderful paragraphs with different photography styles. More than 600 non-professional actors appeared in their true colors, showing the truth of the early documentary story. The story tells the strange scene caused by the arrival of the circus in a dilapidated and decadent town in Hungary. In this dramatic and symbolic genius film, there are only 39 long shots, and the whale in the film becomes the carrier of Tal's symbol. In this sharp and frightening whale, we can see Tal's keen insight and unparalleled artistic expression on the "marginalized" situation of Eastern European society.

the man from london

The film is adapted from George Simenon's novel of the same name and continues the aesthetic style since Satan tango. Whether it's long shots, black-and-white photography, rough-looking pictures or story atmosphere, it can be regarded as Satan's tango partner. In this "long shot textbook", even if the scenes and characters are the same, no two long shots have the same ups and downs and scheduling. Tal told the audience a complicated crime-solving story with a long lens like his mother tongue. Just like Tal's usual style, a 132-minute film was completed with only 29 shots. In the process of moving the mirror slowly but smoothly, the actor's position and picture composition maintained a high degree of harmonious beauty, which was amazing. At this point, people can only use "jaw-dropping" to describe Tal's talent.

Lover, good friend, bosom friend

We must rebuild the team. The most important thing is that we understand each other We don't need to say too much. Sometimes I feel like a fool. As a director, you can't make a movie alone. You need someone's energy. Everyone must be there. I need other people's personality and generosity.

Bela Tarr

Tal said, "I hate color movies because they are always fake." You know, green is not really green in nature. Red looks a little bloody, and something is always wrong, so I told myself to only make black and white movies and use two solid colors. At first, you may think that my film may be a bit' pretentious', but after a while, you will find that this is the true nature of the film. "Obviously, today's Tal is a stubborn old man, but as an unruly genius, the' self-respect' in his bones when he was young is hard to hide. Making a movie requires a team, and everyone performs their duties and contributes their wisdom and sweat. Then, differences and arguments are inevitable. When inspiration and wisdom collide, how will Tal and his team face it? Let's take a look at Bela Tarr's men!

Lover-Agnes Hranitzky Scissors

"We have always been very close, and she has always been the center of the film. Do you know what her function is? All decisions are subject to her review. She is more than just an editor, co-director and co-editor. She is a real filmmaker. " Tal said.

Agnes Hranitzky is not only the editor of Tal's films, but also an indispensable companion in his life. Tal has been in charge of editing her second feature film, The Stranger. The striking long shots and sense of rhythm in Tal's films are often decided by the two of them at the shooting scene.

A Good Friend —— Screenwriter Laszlo Krantznahorke

Laszlo Kransznahorkai is a famous Hungarian writer. His works are described by the industry as "a story of lava flowing slowly in words as vast as a black river". This kind of writing with obscure meaning and complicated logic is as introverted and profound as Tal's poetic long-shot language. Tal's persistent spirit of pursuing symbolic meaning coincides with Laszlo Krantznaho's "bad taste", which contributed to their first cooperation-purgatory earth.

They are not only partners at work, but also good friends in life. The same artistic pursuit and taste have reached cooperation between them again and again. 1985, Tal adapted Laszlo's novel Satan Tango into a movie of the same name that shocked the world, and the "Hungarian descent" flowing in them was highlighted in this work. From 65438 to 0989, the film Incomplete Harmony, which was also adapted from Laszlo's novel The Melancholy of Resistance, further strengthened the "metaphysics" they had been pursuing, but the expression was darker and more shocking than before.

Fellow musician Mihaly Vig

Mihaly Vig is Tarr's royal composer. Since Autumn Yearbook, he has been responsible for the music of most of his works. Mihaly Vig is good at using simple adapters, which coincides with Tal's minimalist style. Whether it is a low-key electronic synthesizer, a simple guitar, piano, saxophone, or a simple percussion instrument, it just appears in the film like a blank space, and has never usurped the role of the host.

In Mikhail Vig's music score, the most talked about is the use of accordion. In Satan's Tango, the song "Can I have this tango" repeatedly played by accordion is full of forgetfulness and vividly depicts the mutual flattery, flirting, absurdity and despair of the hero and heroine. And an Over and Done song in "Purgatory" makes the audience completely immersed in the magnetic singing voice of the female singer, resulting in a sense of loss. As for the other two films in the film, "Circle Dance Ⅰ Ⅰ" and "String Quartet Ⅰ Ⅰ" almost perfectly render the sad and decadent temperament in Tal's works.

Talent is a double-edged sword.

Talent is a double-edged sword, which can be as imposing as a rainbow, and can also seal the throat with blood.

Bela Tarr's indifferent artistic personality not only punishes himself, but more sadly, more "filmmakers" may be involved in it because of his willfulness.

The film killed the producer.

In February 2005, a famous French art film producer and the president of the European Film Academy in 2004-2005 hanged himself in his Paris office. There is a simple reason. Bela Tarr's new film "The Man from London" spent millions of euros raised by Bashan in just a few days, which made the embattled producer not only take all his property, but also go to a desperate situation.

As an activist obsessed with art films, Bachang never seems to care about commercial success. Even though he tried to make some money, for example, he was a French partner in the production of The Merchant's Ivory, and participated in the production of Quartet, Jefferson and other films in Paris, but he was still obsessed with putting his limited income into the obscure art film industry.

The producer who saved many art films was forced to death by a "work", which was really embarrassing.

A gift in memory of a deceased friend.

Tal is not the only one in the film circle who commemorates his dead friend with his own works, but he is undoubtedly the most special and accomplished one.

Tal once said, "These are all misfortunes, not good things, and I would rather not dedicate the film to anyone", but this is the best memorial to my dead friend. "Satan Tango" is dedicated to a gentleman named Alf Boulder. He is a close friend of Tal, once worked in Arsenal in Berlin, and is also an excellent film festival planner. 1993, Alf Boulder died unfortunately, and Tal specially dedicated this film to this kind friend. The film Sleeping Harmony is dedicated to Hungarian conductor Juminak. A man from London dedicated himself to Bashan who committed suicide because of him.