One of the late philosopher Susan Sontag's favorite films, this powerful workreveals the evolution of the cinematic method and dark metaphysical style thatHungarian auteur Bela Tarr made famous in Santantango and Werckmeister Harmonies. Black and white images seem to float out of an endless drunken dream as a reclusive loner obsessively pursues his former lover. Damnation is the ultimate film-noir a deeply existential rumination on the miserableness of existence and the search for a meaning or" a means of escape (DVD Times). In Hungarian with English subtitles. Bela Tarr---Hungary---1988---116 mins."Directed by: Tarr, belaRunning time: 122Year: 1987Hungarian with English Subtitles
