On the Margin of ”Satantango”. Some Remarks on Slow Cinema

Mirosław Przylipiak

doi:10.26881/pan.2021.26.12

Autor

Mirosław Przylipiak Uniwersytet Gdański

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26881/pan.2021.26.12

Słowa kluczowe:

Satantango, slow cinema, discontinuity, anthropocentric gaze, verfremdung effect

Abstrakt

Athough Satantango by Bela Tarr is usually regarded as a perfect representative of slow cinema and certainly deserves this reputation, it is worth remembering that it shares some features with other currents of modern cinema. Its networkish structure and unreliable narration place it close to puzzle films; its close affinity with the Krasznahorkai novel, on which it is based, makes it a form of impure – that is – hybrid cinema; due to an accumulation of evil deeds, tragic and sensational events, it resembles films of action. But, first of all, it is a paramount example of slow cinema, and as such it enables one to grasp the essential features of this genre. According to certain views, often built on the foundation of Andre Bazin theory, slow cinema imitates natural human perception and therefore is inherently realistic. This is not true, though. Instead of a reality effect, slow cinema produces rather a verfremdung effect, which in turn enhances the big potential of slow cinema in inducing transcendental or religious states in a viewer’s mind. Satantango explores this potential, drawing on the religious connotations of Krasznahorkai novel.

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