In Reply to: ...and for the shocking conclusion to Bela Tarr's week... posted by Victor Khomenko on October 24, 2013 at 10:50:51:
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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- "Damnation," simply put, is the human condition reduced to several hours of film stock. - tinear 11:20:36 11/03/13 (0)