Werckmeister Harmóniák (Werckmeister Harmonies)

Year: 2000
Director: Béla Tarr
Country: Hungary
Language: Hungarian/Slovak (English Subs Separate File)
Duration: 145 Minutes
Genre: Drama
Plot: The story takes place in a small provincial town on the Hungarian Plain. The weather is bitterly cold (twenty degrees below zero) but no snow has fallen. Despite this, hundreds of bewildered people stand around a circus trailer (or corrugated iron box) in the main square, waiting to see the main attraction - the stuffed carcass of a whale. The people composing this faceless, ragged crowd have come from distant parts of the country as well as neighbouring settlements, and the strange state of affairs — the presence of strangers, the extreme cold — is disturbing the order of the small town. Relationships are changing, and some ambitious people feel they can take advantage of the situation; while others who are more passive fall into even deeper uncertainty. The unbearable tension is brought to a head by the figure of the Prince, who is hiding behind the whale; his mere appearance is enough to unleash destructive emotions. The ensuing apocalypse spares no one - not the scientifically-minded outsiders, the teenage enthusiasts, the philistines who care only about their own safety, nor the family — nothing historically privileged by European culture.

If drone was turned into a film, this would be the film. I was tempted to put walkcore as a genre because some scenes have walking scenes which last as long as 5 minutes. Be aware that this film contains a very slow pace. In fact, I would have given this movie a perfect 5 if the pacing wasn't that slow. But, enough about what's bad about the film, now it's the good stuff. This probably the most beautiful film I have ever seen. In fact, some scenes just contain a man walking in the dark with music, and I would keep crying because of the beauty of it. You can definitely tell that the director took his time to create these perfect shots. I went to imdb, and I found out that the director spent almost a year finding the right square for some scenes in the film! Another fact that you should know about the film is that the film is 145 minutes, and only contains 39 shots. If you do the math, then the average shot is almost 4 minutes long! If you want to experience beauty, and do not mind the slow pacing, then this film will become one of your favorite films of all time.

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