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Posted by tinear (A) on November 03, 2013 at 11:20:36

In Reply to: RE: ...and for the shocking conclusion to Bela Tarr's week... posted by Victor Khomenko on October 24, 2013 at 11:50:51

It transcends the film medium, as many (not all…) great films do.
Love.
Marriage.
Survival.
The 10 commandments and the 7 deadly sins possibly all are addressed.
A superficial viewing might find this a pessimistic view of humanity. Such a reading, then, would similarly condemn the great Greek dramas.
A life spent in luxury and ease--- is this human fulfillment? Or is a life that goes on, through despair and evil, surviving through all?
Damnation is his first great film.
Tarr is Dostoyevsky, 150 years later on.

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