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HUNGARY · 1994
Sátántangó
Synopsis
Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villager
Cinematic DNA
One of the things that Béla Tarr does, for example, is the long shot. And in Sátántangó, there are very long shots, where the camera tracks and tracks. And that was an influence. I started using it in Gerry.
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