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Béla Tarr

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László Nemes recalls Béla Tarr’s ferocious spirit at their last meeting — I.guim.co.uk

László Nemes recalls Béla Tarr’s ferocious spirit at their last meeting

László Nemes wrote that the last time he saw Béla Tarr was at the Nexus conference in Amsterdam, where the director was already physically weakened but retained a ferocious, rebellious, furious spirit. Nemes described their conversation as likely their ultimate and most heartfelt exchange. Nemes first met Béla in 2004

Bela Tarr, Maker of Slow Black-and-White Epics, Dies at 70 — Static01.nyt.com

Bela Tarr, Maker of Slow Black-and-White Epics, Dies at 70

Bela Tarr, a Hungarian filmmaker known for slow-moving black-and-white epics including Satantango and Werckmeister Harmonies, died on Monday, Jan. 6, 2026, in a hospital in Budapest. He was 70. His stepdaughter, Reka Gaborjani, said he had died after a series of "long and serious" illnesses. Mr. Tarrs

Béla Tarr, director of Sátántangó and Werckmeister Harmonies, has died — I.guim.co.uk

Béla Tarr, director of Sátántangó and Werckmeister Harmonies, has died

Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, best known for the monochrome epics Sátántangó and Werckmeister Harmonies, has died, the outlet reports. He was widely associated with the “slow cinema” tradition and with intensely prolonged, glacially paced long takes. Tarr’s work pushed deliberate slowness to extremes, producing reactions ranging from incredulity to

Bela Tarr, Hungarian Filmmaker, Dies at 70 — Static01.nyt.com

Bela Tarr, Hungarian Filmmaker, Dies at 70

Bela Tarr, a Hungarian filmmaker whose lengthy and grim films were critics' favorites, died on Monday at 70, the European Film Academy said in a news release. The academy said he had died after a long and serious illness but did not specify a cause. Born in Hungary in