Get Behind Me, Bela Tarr!

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Ep. 36: Satantango [ 1:54:21 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today’s panelists, Lady P, Martin Kessler, and A. Tad Chamberlain, have all danced with the devil and lived to podcast the tale. This is Flixwise’s special super-sized episode on the 36th Greatest Movie of All Time, Bela Tarr’s 1994 Hungarian classic, SATANTANGO.

SATANTANGO has a reputation as a notoriously daunting watch; partially due to its run time (it clocks-in somewhere around 7.5hrs), but also because of it’s unsparing pessimism about the nature of humanity and mortality. On top of that, the film’s visual austerity and slow pacing, serve as significant barriers-to-entry for casual film-watchers. However, those that do heed Bela Tarr’s challenge are rewarded with a rich, thought provoking,cinematic experience–plus, some serious cinephile bragging rights.

So give the film a watch, then listen to our panel’s in-depth analysis, and let us know what you think.

Plus there are some final notes of positivity:

Here’s Martin’s

Here’s Tad’s

Here’s Lady P’s: This & This