Werckmeister Harmonies (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD]

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This mesmeric parable of societal collapse is an enigma of transcendent visual, philosophical, and mystical resonance. Adapted from a novel by László Krasznahorkai, Werckmeister Harmonies unfolds in an unknown time in an unnamed village, where, one day, a mysterious circus—complete with an enormous stuffed whale and a shadowy, demagogue-like figure known as the Prince—arrives and appears to awaken a kind of madness in the citizens that builds inexorably toward violence. In thirty-nine hypnotic long takes engraved in ghostly black and white, auteur Béla Tarr and codirector-editor Ágnes Hranitzky conjure an apocalyptic vision of dreamlike dread and fathomless beauty. DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Béla Tarr, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features Family Nest (1979), Tarr’s first feature film New interview with Tarr by film critic Scott Foundas Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by film programmer and critic Dennis Lim

Product details

• ASIN: B0CSL9H2BS
• Actors: Djocko Rossitch, Djoko Rosic, Janos Derzi, Janos Derzsi, Peter Fitz
• Studio: The Criterion Collection
• Director: B la Tarr, Bela Tarr
• Producers: Franz Go ss, Joachim von Vietinghoff, Mikl s Szita, Paul Saadoun, Von Vietinghoff
• Subtitles:: : English
• MPAA rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Media Format: 4K, Subtitled
• Release date: April 16, 2024
• Number of discs: 2
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• Best Sellers Rank: #23,538 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV) #2,423 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
• Product Dimensions: 0.65 x 6.75 x 5.3 inches; 2.08 ounces