Posts Tagged ‘ Bela Tarr ’

Binocular Aesthetic

Sep 4th, 2008 | By Rick | Category: Classic Cinema, Clips and Trailers

Here’s a shot from Béla Tarr’s Satantango that is masked to a shape familiar to any birdwatcher (or, because it is such a common convention, anyone who’s ever seen a thriller). The mask works on several levels: on the surface, it simulates the view through a pair of binoculars. Because we do not [...]