Satantango** Directed by Bela Tarr, this Hungarian movie is 7 hours long Seriously, and without sounding irritated, I have no clue what the movie is about. I thought I could watch it in two sittings, but I was terribly wrong. I finished this over three days and 4-5 sittings. It is quite boring. A small town inhabited by just some 10 odd people is cut-off from the main civilization by heavy rains. They hopelessly go on with their lives and wait for some cosmic turn of good events. There are several good things to be said about the movie however. Firstly, the camera perfectly captures the mood of an apocalyptic town, totally crumbling due to its passivity. Photography is mind-blowing in places (and also extremely irritating in some other places). The innovative editing technique that can be seen in Elephant (by Gus Van Sant) plus the tracking style of camera is a rip-off from this movie. I somehow lost a bit of respect for Van Sant because of this. The music is good too.
