Comments on: Gus Van Sant in the light of Béla Tarr http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2008/03/17/gus-van-sant-light-bela-tarr/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:22:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: JoAnne Bailey http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2008/03/17/gus-van-sant-light-bela-tarr/#comment-6 JoAnne Bailey Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:20:25 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2008/03/17/gus-van-sant-in-the-light-of-bela-tarr/#comment-6 I attended the entire screening of Satantango, by myself. I am not involved in the film industry, and I was mesmerized. I spent the day with those characters and their story, and only because of the amazing filmmaking, and my need to rationalize why I was attending a 7 hour movie, I noticed the amazing filmaking. Otherwise, I would forget that I was watching a film and not eavesdropping on a community. My only regret was that I wished I knew someone to talk to afterwards, expecially someone involved in filmaking, to share the experience with. It remains an experience I will never forget, particularly the child and the cat and the dance scene in the bar. I attended the entire screening of Satantango, by myself. I am not involved in the film industry, and I was mesmerized. I spent the day with those characters and their story, and only because of the amazing filmmaking, and my need to rationalize why I was attending a 7 hour movie, I noticed the amazing filmaking. Otherwise, I would forget that I was watching a film and not eavesdropping on a community.

My only regret was that I wished I knew someone to talk to afterwards, expecially someone involved in filmaking, to share the experience with. It remains an experience I will never forget, particularly the child and the cat and the dance scene in the bar.

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