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Béla Tarr (July 21, 1955) is a Hungarian film director.

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Béla Tarr (July (born July 21, 1955) is a Hungarian film director.
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Originally, he wanted to be a philosopher, but, when he was denied entry to university (at least partly because of his political activities) he decided to pursue film-making. Most of his early films were documentaries or realist films that have been compared to the work of Creator/JohnCassavetes (although Tarr says he had not seen Cassavetes's work at this point). Around halfway through his career, he developed the slow, long take, metaphysical style that he is best known for.

In 2011, Tarr announced that he would be retiring from film directing in order to focus on creating his own film school called film.factory. He has shot several short films, and implied he might create more, but he has stated that he has no interest in continuing to create features.

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Originally, he wanted to be a philosopher, but, but when he was denied entry to university (at least partly because of his political activities) activities), he decided to pursue film-making.filmmaking. Most of his early films were documentaries or realist films that have been compared to the work of Creator/JohnCassavetes (although Tarr says he had not seen Cassavetes's work at this point). Around halfway through his career, he developed the slow, long take, long-take, metaphysical style that he is best known for.

In 2011, Tarr announced that he would be retiring from film directing in order to focus on creating his own film school called film.factory. He has shot several short films, films and implied that he might create more, but he has stated that he has no interest in continuing to create features.



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* SpiritualAntithesis: Critic Johnathan Rosenbaum has called him a despiritualized [[Creator/AndreiTarkovsky Tarkovsky]].

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* SpiritualAntithesis: Critic Johnathan Rosenbaum has called him a despiritualized [[Creator/AndreiTarkovsky Tarkovsky]].Creator/AndreiTarkovsky.
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* EpicTrackingShot[=/=]LeaveTheCameraRunning[=/=]TheOner: In most films, the average shot lasts for several seconds. In a Béla Tarr film, the average shot lasts for several minutes. Taken UpToEleven in his adaptation of Macbeth, which only has two takes. The first is five minutes long. The second is '''67 minutes''' long.

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* EpicTrackingShot[=/=]LeaveTheCameraRunning[=/=]TheOner: In most films, the average shot lasts for several seconds. In a Béla Tarr film, the average shot lasts for several minutes. Taken UpToEleven Reaches its apex in his adaptation of Macbeth, ''Macbeth'', which only has two takes. The first is five minutes long. The second is '''67 minutes''' long.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Firmly on the cynical end of the scale.

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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Firmly on the cynical end of the scale.scale, though he's denied being a pessimist.
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* EpicTrackingShot/LeaveTheCameraRunning/TheOner: In most films, the average shot lasts for several seconds. In a Béla Tarr film, the average shot lasts for several minutes. Taken UpToEleven in his adaptation of Macbeth, which only has two takes. The first is five minutes long. The second is '''67 minutes''' long.

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* EpicTrackingShot/LeaveTheCameraRunning/TheOner: EpicTrackingShot[=/=]LeaveTheCameraRunning[=/=]TheOner: In most films, the average shot lasts for several seconds. In a Béla Tarr film, the average shot lasts for several minutes. Taken UpToEleven in his adaptation of Macbeth, which only has two takes. The first is five minutes long. The second is '''67 minutes''' long.
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* ''Satan's Tango''

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: In most films, the average shot lasts for several seconds. In a Béla Tarr film, the average shot lasts for several minutes. Taken UpToEleven in his adaptation of Macbeth, which only has two takes. The first is five minutes long. The second is '''67 minutes''' long.
* SpiritualAntithesis: Critic Johnathan Rosenbaum has called him a despiritualized Creator/AndreiTarkovsky.

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: EpicTrackingShot/LeaveTheCameraRunning/TheOner: In most films, the average shot lasts for several seconds. In a Béla Tarr film, the average shot lasts for several minutes. Taken UpToEleven in his adaptation of Macbeth, which only has two takes. The first is five minutes long. The second is '''67 minutes''' long.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Firmly on the cynical end of the scale.
* SpiritualAntithesis: Critic Johnathan Rosenbaum has called him a despiritualized Creator/AndreiTarkovsky.[[Creator/AndreiTarkovsky Tarkovsky]].
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In 2011, Tarr announced that he would be retiring from film directing in order to focus on creating his own film school called film.factory.

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In 2011, Tarr announced that he would be retiring from film directing in order to focus on creating his own film school called film.factory. He has shot several short films, and implied he might create more, but he has stated that he has no interest in continuing to create features.



* LeaveTheCameraRunning: In most films, the average shot lasts for several seconds. In a Béla Tarr film, the average shot lasts for several minutes. Taken UpToEleven in his adaptation of Theatre/Macbeth, which only has two takes. The first is five minutes long. The second is '''67 minutes''' long.

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: In most films, the average shot lasts for several seconds. In a Béla Tarr film, the average shot lasts for several minutes. Taken UpToEleven in his adaptation of Theatre/Macbeth, Macbeth, which only has two takes. The first is five minutes long. The second is '''67 minutes''' long.
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Originally, he wanted to be a philosopher, but, when he was denied entry to university (at least partly because of his political activities) he decided to pursue film-making. Most of his early films were documentaries or realist films that have been compared to the work of Creator/JohnCassavetes (although Tarr says he had not seen Cassavetes work at this point). Around halfway through his career, he developed the slow, long take, metaphysical style that he is best known for.

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Originally, he wanted to be a philosopher, but, when he was denied entry to university (at least partly because of his political activities) he decided to pursue film-making. Most of his early films were documentaries or realist films that have been compared to the work of Creator/JohnCassavetes (although Tarr says he had not seen Cassavetes Cassavetes's work at this point). Around halfway through his career, he developed the slow, long take, metaphysical style that he is best known for.

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->''"When you see a film, you see the director, naked."''



In 2011, Tarr announced that he would be retiring from film directing in order to focus on creating his own film school called film.factory

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In 2011, Tarr announced that he would be retiring from film directing in order to focus on creating his own film school called film.factoryfactory.
!!Filmography
* ''Family Nest''
* ''The Outsider''
* ''The Prefab People''
* ''Macbeth''
* ''Almanac of Fall''
* ''Damnation''
* ''Satan's Tango''
* ''Werckmeister Harmonies''
* ''The Man From London''
* ''The Turin Horse''



* BlackComedy: Despite their dark subject matter, he has stated that all of his works, except for The Turin Horse, are comedies.



* SpiritualAntithesis: To Creator/AndreiTarkovsky.

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* SpiritualAntithesis: To Critic Johnathan Rosenbaum has called him a despiritualized Creator/AndreiTarkovsky.
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Béla Tarr (July 21, 1955) is a Hungarian film director.

Originally, he wanted to be a philosopher, but, when he was denied entry to university (at least partly because of his political activities) he decided to pursue film-making. Most of his early films were documentaries or realist films that have been compared to the work of Creator/JohnCassavetes (although Tarr says he had not seen Cassavetes work at this point). Around halfway through his career, he developed the slow, long take, metaphysical style that he is best known for.

In 2011, Tarr announced that he would be retiring from film directing in order to focus on creating his own film school called film.factory
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*DeliberatelyMonochrome: Most of his films are in black and white, although he didn't start making films until the seventies.
*LeaveTheCameraRunning: In most films, the average shot lasts for several seconds. In a Béla Tarr film, the average shot lasts for several minutes. Taken UpToEleven in his adaptation of Theatre/Macbeth, which only has two takes. The first is five minutes long. The second is '''67 minutes''' long.
*SpiritualAntithesis: To Creator/AndreiTarkovsky.

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