Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, haunting singer. But the lady is married and Karrer is determined to keep her husband away...
Cinematography
Black-and-white mud that somehow looks gorgeous.
Direction
Tarr's unbroken takes make 116 minutes feel like eternity.
Sound
That tango scene—sound design as emotional weapon.
Director
Béla Tarr
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tarr used actual mud and constant rain machines, nearly destroying equipment. The misery is authentic.
This launched Tarr's 'slow cinema' reputation and directly inspired his seven-hour Satantango. You've been warned.
HU
