Lexington Books
Pages: 222
Trim: 6½ x 9⅜
978-1-7936-4564-7 • Hardback • September 2021 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-7936-4566-1 • Paperback • August 2023 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
978-1-7936-4565-4 • eBook • September 2021 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
Clara Orban is professor of French and Italian at DePaul University.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction. Tarr and the Anthropocene
Chapter 2: Slow Cinema, Tarr’s Places and Hungarian Cinema
Chapter 3: The Claustrophobic Indoors
Chapter 4: The Empty Outdoors
Chapter 5: Animals
Chapter 6: Short Films and Segments: Further Exploration
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Visions of Loneliness
Appendix A: Petőfi Poems
Appendix B: Transcript of Interview with Béla Tarr
Filmography
Bibliography
About the Author
“Orban’s book on Tarr’s universe is a rare and important introduction and contribution to the scholarship on Tarr’s cinematic universe in English for scholars, students, and anyone interested in film in general.”
— Hungarian Studies Review