Werckmeister Harmonies (2000; Dir.: Bela Tarr)
Canon Fodder Episode 64
With the cold, dead eyes of stuffed whales, cinematic world travelers Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell finally arrive in a remote, fog-shrouded Hungarian village to review Béla Tarr’s Werckmeister Harmonies. Composed of just 39 shots in 145 minutes, Tarr’s mesmerizing millennium nightmare basks in cosmic disorder, civic unrest and an extremely disappointing circus. But did Tarr’s vision of the apocalypse Werck for your hosts, or did his off-key Harmonies leave them singing a different tune?
WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 [tied]
World premiere: May 2000 (Cannes Film Festival)
IMDB synopsis: “A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
4K Restoration trailer for Werckmeister Harmonies
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962; Dir.: John Ford)
IMDB synopsis: “A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.”
Our review of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance comes out Tuesday, July 7!
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