Belgian Auteur Béla Tarr, Master of Slow Cinema, Dies at 71
Creatrip Team
2 months ago
Béla Tarr, the Hungarian-born (born in Pécs) film director celebrated for his 'aesthetics of slowness,' died on the 7th at age 71. Debuting in 1977 with Family Nest, Tarr made nine feature films over a 34-year career that left a major mark on cinema through meticulously composed long takes, extended black-and-white sequences, and an intentionally slow rhythm that rejected commercial filmmaking conventions. His best-known work, Satantango (1994), adapted from László Krasznahorkai’s novel, runs 439 minutes and depicts rural Hungary during the collapse of communism. Tarr retired after winning the Silver Bear (Grand Jury Prize) at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival for The Turin Horse, a stark black-and-white film inspired by a Nietzschean anecdote; he said he had said everything he wanted to say in film over his 34-year career.
