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Macbeth

1 hr. 2 min. | Drama | Pegi 13

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Comprised of two uninterrupted shots, this little-seen version of Shakespeare’s play Tarr directed for Hungarian television gradually reveals itself to be a master class in the resourceful use of space and perspective. Macbeth preserves all the ambient tension of the original, reinventing the spare, atmospherically lit set with his newly mobile camera technique. The film marked a radical shift in the director‘s aesthetics.

Béla Tarr

Béla Tarr

Béla Tarr began making amateur films at the age of 16,. Tarr's 1979 feature debut Family Nest was a work of socialist realism clearly influenced by the work of John Cassavettes. In late eighties Tarr's visual sensibility move from raw close-ups to more abstract mediums and long shots, but also his philosophical sensibility shifted from grim realism to a more metaphysical outlook. His masterpiece Satantango took over seven years to realize.
Languages
Hungarian
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Macbeth
Produced
1982: Hungary

Film information

Director
Béla Tarr
Producers
Magyar Televízió
Screenplay
Béla Tarr
Music
András Szabó
Cinematography
Buda Gulyás, Ferenc Papp
Cast
György Cserhalmi, Erzsébet Kútvölgyi, Ferenc Bencze, Imre Csuja, János Derzsi, István Dégi, Pál Hetényi, Tamás Jordán, Attila Kaszás, Gyula Maár, Đoko Rosić, József Ruszt, Géza Rácz, János Ács, Lajos Őze
More information
www.imdb.com

Screenings

Sunday, 12 November

20:40

Skalvija · Hall 1

Past screening

Tuesday, 14 November

19:20

Forum Cinemas Vingis · 9

Past screening

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