The Outsider Within: Béla Tarr and Hungarian National Cinema
Béla Tarr is probably the most paradoxical figure in contemporary Hungarian cinema. His artistic trajectory shows a movement from documentary style realism (Family Nest, 1979) towards more modernist cinematic practices (Satan’s Tango, 1994, Werckmeister Harmonies, 2000, and The Man from London, 2007...
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| description | Béla Tarr is probably the most paradoxical figure in contemporary Hungarian cinema. His artistic trajectory shows a movement from documentary style realism (Family Nest, 1979) towards more modernist cinematic practices (Satan’s Tango, 1994, Werckmeister Harmonies, 2000, and The Man from London, 2007). A major celebrity in the global film culture that prides itself in being transnational, international, and in crossing linguistic and ethnic boundaries, Tarr has consistently found himself on the fringes of the Hungarian cultural and political establishment. In this study Tőke considers Tarr’s films and public persona as catalysts in the debates about what constitutes “Hungarian cinema” in a globalizing world from the 1970s until today. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-650e1cc912184e51a5e2545aa44042202022-12-22T03:50:54ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghHungarian Cultural Studies2471-965X2016-10-01909010010.5195/ahea.2016.259255The Outsider Within: Béla Tarr and Hungarian National CinemaLilla TőkeBéla Tarr is probably the most paradoxical figure in contemporary Hungarian cinema. His artistic trajectory shows a movement from documentary style realism (Family Nest, 1979) towards more modernist cinematic practices (Satan’s Tango, 1994, Werckmeister Harmonies, 2000, and The Man from London, 2007). A major celebrity in the global film culture that prides itself in being transnational, international, and in crossing linguistic and ethnic boundaries, Tarr has consistently found himself on the fringes of the Hungarian cultural and political establishment. In this study Tőke considers Tarr’s films and public persona as catalysts in the debates about what constitutes “Hungarian cinema” in a globalizing world from the 1970s until today.http://ahea.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ahea/article/view/259Béla Tarr, national cinema, Hungarian cinema, minor cinema, film politics |
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| title | The Outsider Within: Béla Tarr and Hungarian National Cinema |
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| title_short | The Outsider Within: Béla Tarr and Hungarian National Cinema |
| title_sort | outsider within bela tarr and hungarian national cinema |
| topic | Béla Tarr, national cinema, Hungarian cinema, minor cinema, film politics |
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