Arbelos: New 4K Restoration of Béla Tarr's Damnation Detailed for Blu-ray
HomeArbelos: New 4K Restoration of Béla Tarr's Damnation Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted September 27, 2021 05:51 PM by Webmaster
Arbelos Films will release on Blu-ray Béla Tarr's Damnation (1988), starring Miklós B. Székely, György Cserhalmi, Ágnes Kamondy, Gyula Pauer, and Hédi Temessy. The release will be available for purchase on December 14.
Label description: A mid-career masterwork by legendary Hungarian art house auteur Béla Tarr and the first of his internationally acclaimed trilogy of films written in collaboration with author László Krasznahorkai (including the legendary Sátántangó), Damnation (Kárhozat) chronicles the doomed affair between bar Titanik regular Karrer (Sátántangó's Miklós B. Székely) and the cruel cabaret singer (Vali Kerekes) he pines for while scheming to displace her brutish husband (György Cserhalmi).
A poignant Communism allegory that solidified Tarr's unique aesthetic, Damnation is photographed in an exquisitely black & white palette underscored by the mesmerizing long takes that would come to be his trademark. Damnation has been restored in 4K from the original 35mm camera negative by the Hungarian National Film Institute – Film Archive under the supervision of Béla Tarr.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Label description: A mid-career masterwork by legendary Hungarian art house auteur Béla Tarr and the first of his internationally acclaimed trilogy of films written in collaboration with author László Krasznahorkai (including the legendary Sátántangó), Damnation (Kárhozat) chronicles the doomed affair between bar Titanik regular Karrer (Sátántangó's Miklós B. Székely) and the cruel cabaret singer (Vali Kerekes) he pines for while scheming to displace her brutish husband (György Cserhalmi).
A poignant Communism allegory that solidified Tarr's unique aesthetic, Damnation is photographed in an exquisitely black & white palette underscored by the mesmerizing long takes that would come to be his trademark. Damnation has been restored in 4K from the original 35mm camera negative by the Hungarian National Film Institute – Film Archive under the supervision of Béla Tarr.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- NEW Video interview with director Béla Tarr
- NEW Video interview with actor Miklós Székely B.
- NEW Video interview with composer Mihály Víg
- Archival newsreels from the Oroszlány and Dorog coal mines
- U.S. Theatrical Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- New essay "Disintegration & Revival" by Jay Kuehner
- Limited edition slipcase
- Accordion foldout 5x36 inch poster
- REGION-A "LOCKED"
