Around the dinner table, the conversation was lively. Thank you but for now, the forum has been archived.
End not quite in sight, but with the way things are unfolding and coming together, The Return, as an 18 hour film, appears poised to be an awe-inspiring companion piece to Bela Tarr's seven-hour Satantango (1994). The two projects share themes of sexual abuse, power relations, the supernatural, slow cinema, self-deception, infidelity, and the section/part titles remind of TPTR without too much imposition.
The News Is They Are Coming
We Are Resurrected
Knowing Something
The Job of the Spider I
Comes Unstitched
The Job of the Spider II
Irimiás Gives A Speech
The Perspective From the Front
Going to Heaven? Having Nightmares?
The Perspective From The Rear
Just Trouble and Work
The Circle Closes
Lovely comparison. I read the book a few weeks ago but have not yet endured the film. There will be time, there will be time... Lynch and Krasznahorkai definitely share an oneiric outlook, but with the latter you know in advance that it is going to be resolutely misanthropic, whereas Lynch can always surprise, whether with light-hearted frivolity or "Gotta Light?".
Cheers, AB. Tarr has referred to his work as some kind of comedy. It is often humorous, revealing amusement as a coping mechanism for when we're basically powerless. Related ideas here:
http://www.indiewire.com/2012/02/critics-explain-their-love-for-bela-tarr-a-round-up-242488/
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