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Audience Member In his feature debut, Béla Tarr offers an uncomfortable look into communist Hungary using the Budapest school style of cinema verité and a camera that glides almost invisible among the non-professional actors, but it becomes a bit repetitious in the last half hour with a few redundant monologues. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a decent enough film, but it's more of a test run in style for a director that would go on to be an incredible force. This was back when he was still finding a voice. Using too much close up, far to little silence and an altogether loose feeling that never elevates past lots of scenes with people arguing. Not bad if you want to complete Tarr's filmography, but aside from that I wouldn't recommend it. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Tarr uses his documentary style to emphasize the failures of a social country through a broken family. Black and white cinematography and close-ups about debates and worn-down faces are really sick to our psyche. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Like Almanac of Fall, it's about relationships crumbling under claustrophobic conditions, but this time in more realistic and relatable style. The verité style works well here, giving the film the feel (as the prologue indicates) that even if this exact story didn't happen to these exact people, it might as well have. The excellent acting helps too. Depressing, but riveting. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Tarr and existentialism seem to make a wonderful couple. Though not as visually interesting as later Tarr, It ranks high in his oeuvre in terms of content and existential melancholia. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member It is interesting that the earlier Tarr films differ so much from his later contributions. The rawness of the documentary is managed well. however, I would love to see more on the claustrophobic domestic life in the house. it does not quite come across to me. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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