scene from Werckmeister​ Harmonies by Bela Tarr

[Bell1970]

Thanks to the music what starts at 4:48 is one of the most disturbing and simultanously the most beautiful moment I've ever seen in movies. And I saw many. Respect.

[CAIIIKA]

@Bell1970 thanks tarr for this

that moment is in most exciting & powerful moments in cinematography i've seen too

[israelmonrroy]

TARKOSKY, MICHALANGELO ANTONIONI FUERON UNOS GRANDE SMAESTROS E INPIRADORES. AGREGO A EL ALEMAN . FASSBINDER

[cineasta71]

I am glad that i know Bela's work. Its a secret that i share only with the people that have seen his art.

[ruizj2006]

why is the whole scene so quiet?

[nemnagydolog]

@ruizj2006 To express the irreal meaning of this scene. It's about the mankind's cruelty until meeting God's powerful force.

[tirzahb]

unfathomable talent.

[reverse17]

How can I find the awesome soundtrack? Please...

[ProMachoMuerto]

Without Words.....Thanks!!!

[res3571]

Powerful! Has something that makes you feel ashamed... 

[edeneye808]

I think it's odd that there are no screams of protest heard from the patients. They just quietly accept what ever's happening. The cinematography is great but there is still some thing rather sophomoric and overly sentimental about the scene.

[mourantell]

@edeneye808 Don't take it on face value.

[interzone3]

@edeneye808 ...but it is all about how we accept, without protest, what is done to us...the everyday violence...and finally, the perpetrators...rendered impotent by their confrontation with naked and vulnerable humanity - what they know we are all reduced to, simply leave...incredibly beautiful

[jmcguk]

@interzone3 this is how I read the movie too, except in real life the perpetrators don't stop when confronted by vulnerability. I also inversed the reading, seeing the violent attackers as the working class, sick of being abused, turning to anger and violence, only to be confronted by their own conscience (unlike real perpetrators). So, they leave, unable to kill the greedy old man, to drop the final blow, because they are essentially good. So, they committ themselves to continued poverty.

[lavish88]

i first saw this 5 years ago and my movie watching has suffered since then - nothing (living) comes close to this mans vision of cinema,shame about 'The man from London' but I guess someone said he needs to make a profit.on DVD at least.If you haven't seen Satantango try and see it-7 of the bleakest hours ever commited to celluloid.Fantastic.

[dasbakon]

Mihaly Vig's score is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.

[enricofiore22]

"and when the clamor dies down the Prince said this : what they build and what they will build,what they do and what they will do is delusion and lies,what they think and what they will think is ridiculous,they think because they are afraid and he who is afraid knows nothing,He says he likes it when things fall apart"

[csigahaver]

it has nothing to do with holocaust

[alespar415]

@csigahaver...in an eastern european context, images of emaciated naked old men still harken back...bela tarr knows the images that still retain in that part of the world...thats what makes it such a powerful moment...as if saying, "this is where mass actions can lead". And thats why they suddenly stop- a reminder.

[svafarhelgason]

context?

[alespar415]

@svafarhelgason ...the holocaust

[ettumifilii]

the film is set in the 90s

[arianCF10I]

@ettumifilii How could you know that? No specific mention of date or era was made in the film.

[sawtoothmonkey]

hey why are those people trashing that place

[jkhgsdhgdhgjklsdhfgj]

this pierced a hole in my hart. I just can´t belive it. I´m trembling.

[bobbyjoe]

One of the most beautiful things I have ever experienced

[jkhgsdhgdhgjklsdhfgj]

it´s so powerfull, time dosen´t exist in his films

[Vesters1]

It's sculpting in time, tarkovsky invented this method.

[jkhgsdhgdhgjklsdhfgj]

I´ll look into that a little deeper. It´s just so powerful. Thanks for the coment.

[Vesters1]

Btw, you should definitely see some of Tarkovskys films. Very great director. If you like him, you will also appreciate Angeloupolos, Zvyagintsev, Sukorov and of couse Bela Tarr! :)

[jkhgsdhgdhgjklsdhfgj]

Cool. I just bought Zerkalo, Nosthalgia and Ivan´s childhood. I´ve only seen the sacrifice, and it did things to me. I´ll look in to those other 3, I just love seeing immanence in cinema, and Tarkovski takes a huge hit on (I supose) everyone who watches him. I´m going to take my time with these ones, it´s just too intense.

Now I´ll try to find Bela´s films, they just don´t exist here in Brasil.

Thank you.

[embeddeddog]

Just saw this film a few days ago. Amazing! Bela Tarr has great oldschool-euro-arthouse style. I couldn't believe this was made in the 2000s.

[gonzalobarriora]

One of my fauvorite directors, and this film is one of the best films of the european cinema. Completelly comparable whith Bergman, Tarkovsky,Sokurov,Pasolini,Dre­yer or Oliveira.Thank you master Tarr.

[cineasta71]

he's a poet, a visual painter thanks to gabor medvigy...an marginal vision through the eyes of an intellectual...Merci Bela!!

[jun7per]

once onee watches one of Belas films. It cannot be erased from ones memory.

[CAIIIKA]

exactly

[mastershake1000]

@jun7per I don't get it.

[dluxfilms]

brilliant filmmaking

[pertinentidea]

absolutely one of the most powerful things iv ever seen in film.

[jadiscylla]

omg <3<3<3<3<3<3<3

[Baderingen]

Absolutely pure brilliance. My favorite scene from Werckmeister Harmóniák.

[JaviDemure]

One of the very beautiful moments of modern cinema. Genius.

[Juggertrout]

Powerful.