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The Cinema of Béla Tarr: The Circle Closes
András Kovács
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Description for The Cinema of Béla Tarr: The Circle Closes
Hardback. Series: Directors' Cuts. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25. BIC Classification: APFB; APFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
The Cinema of Bela Tarr is a critical analysis of the work of Hungary's most prominent and internationally best known film director, written by a scholar who has followed Bela Tarr's career through a close personal and professional relationship for more than twenty-five years. Andras Balint Kovacs traces the development of Tarr's themes, characters, and style, showing that almost all of his major stylistic and narrative innovations were already present in his early films and that through a conscious and meticulous recombination of and experimentation with these elements, Tarr arrived at his unique style. The significance of these films is ... Read more
The Cinema of Bela Tarr is a critical analysis of the work of Hungary's most prominent and internationally best known film director, written by a scholar who has followed Bela Tarr's career through a close personal and professional relationship for more than twenty-five years. Andras Balint Kovacs traces the development of Tarr's themes, characters, and style, showing that almost all of his major stylistic and narrative innovations were already present in his early films and that through a conscious and meticulous recombination of and experimentation with these elements, Tarr arrived at his unique style. The significance of these films is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Directors' Cuts
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231165303
SKU
V9780231165303
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About András Kovács
Andras Balint Kovacs is professor of film studies at the ELTE University of Budapest. He has also lectured at La Sorbonne Nouvelle and the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. He has published primarily on modern European art cinema, and his most recent book is Screening Modernism.
Reviews for The Cinema of Béla Tarr: The Circle Closes
Much of the available commentary on the films of Bela Tarr is often confused and confusing. Andras Balint Kovacs cuts through this Gordian Knot with a comprehensive but detailed and precise analysis; this is film-writing at its very best.
John Cunningham, author of Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex
John Cunningham, author of Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex