Organic Cinema: Film, Architecture, and the Work of Béla Tarr

By Thorsten Botz-Bornstein

Book Overview

The "organic" is by now a venerable concept within aesthetics, architecture, and art history, but what might such a term mean within the spatialities and temporalities of film? By way of an answer, this concise and innovative study locates organicity in the work of B la Tarr, the renowned Hungarian filmmaker and pioneer of the "slow cinema" movement. Through a wholly original analysis of the long take and other signature features of Tarr's work, author Thorsten Botz-Bornstein establishes compelling links between the seemingly remote spheres of film and architecture, revealing shared organic principles that emphasize the transcendence of boundaries.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800730098
• ISBN13: 9781800730090
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"