A crumbling apartment is the setting for a tangle of shifting alliances and betrayals involving four morally ambiguous characters. Tarr applies an arresting color and lighting scheme of blues, reds, and greens to these characters’ inhumanity, underscoring the artificiality of the environment. A startling physical confrontation shot through a glass floor epitomizes the prodigious power struggle within this claustrophobic setting. 1984, 35mm, in Hungarian with English subtitles, 122 minutes.
Almanac of Fall (Oszi almanach)
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