Seen and not seen's, recommendations and queries on top films in general.

[Tribe Tapes]

Last night attended a screening of Peter Kass's Time Of The Heathen, a 1961 independent film lost after its initial release and now making the roadshow circuit in a 4k restoration. Starting off as a rehash of a southern gothic like Night Of The Hunter, it spins off into a different direction during its final act, seguing from B&W to color in a Brakhage-esque flurry of film strip paintings and archival war footage. The proto-noise soundtrack during this sequence is extremely pleasing to listen to in a theater environment, a sine wave building and escalating in its last moments. Highly recommend catching this if it hits a cinema near you.

[theotherjohn]

Still need to see that one, missed it last year when it screened in the UK. The soundtrack piece is called 'Nightmare Music', made by computer music pioneer and Cage collaborator Lejaren Hiller according to Discogs. It's here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNopV20WXlw

[Atrophist]

A local theater is showing Sátántango in September.

A threat, or an opportunity?

https://kinoregina.fi/elokuva/202769/

[Manhog_84]

A local theater is showing Sátántango in September.

A threat, or an opportunity?

https://kinoregina.fi/elokuva/202769/

It's worth seeing, or experiencing, once in a lifetime. I saw it in Cinema Orion 2011, and it took the whole day. The extremely slow pacing and long shots create a hypnotic and mystical atmosphere that probably works best in a movie theatre. The plot itself is very vague. I haven't had an urge to rewatch it yet. Same goes to other Béla Tarr films, great atmosphere and visuals but not something I need to watch over and over again.

[Atrophist]

A local theater is showing Sátántango in September.

A threat, or an opportunity?

https://kinoregina.fi/elokuva/202769/

It's worth seeing, or experiencing, once in a lifetime. I saw it in Cinema Orion 2011, and it took the whole day. The extremely slow pacing and long shots create a hypnotic and mystical atmosphere that probably works best in a movie theatre. The plot itself is very vague. I haven't had an urge to rewatch it yet. Same goes to other Béla Tarr films, great atmosphere and visuals but not something I need to watch over and over again.

Yeah I figured, there probably won't be many oportunities to see it during the rest of this century so I'll give a go now.

[BlackCavendish]

It's worth seeing, or experiencing, once in a lifetime. I saw it in Cinema Orion 2011, and it took the whole day. The extremely slow pacing and long shots create a hypnotic and mystical atmosphere that probably works best in a movie theatre. The plot itself is very vague. I haven't had an urge to rewatch it yet. Same goes to other Béla Tarr films, great atmosphere and visuals but not something I need to watch over and over again.

I have Sátántangó on my watchlist, but I still haven't give it a go. But for that one in particular I'd probably lean toward watching it at home. An eight-hour work demands a certain level of immersion, and I think it's easier to achieve that when you're alone in a comfortable environment (personal opinion). Even though I can understand the appeal of seeing it in a theater.

Among Béla Tarr's films, I also really liked Werckmeister Harmonies, and especially The Turin Horse, which has a truly unique apocalyptic atmosphere.

[tiny_tove]

take a whole day for it (a rainy day), switch off the phone, drink coffee and enjoy being obliterated by its beauty. Currently reading the book and is even more depressive and humid than the movie itself... Damnation is my fave movie so far. I still miss a couple of them.