The Turin Horse

FISCHER

Avec ses faramineux plans-séquences dévidés jusqu'à l'extrême, dans une puissante psalmodie visuelle, hypnotique, catatonique, Bela Tarr déconstruit le monde et démasque les apparences, pour parvenir à un cinéma primaire, souverain, d'avant le regard, d'avant la narration, attestant de la vacuité de vivre et de l'inéluctable avènement d'un silence atterré et définitif, sans damnation ni rédemption. www.cinefiches.com

Leo

Brilliantly minimalistic and intense. Stunning B&W shots.

Armando

The final masterpiece. No movie can really compete with Tarr's absolutely clear and sharp view.

anisebeer

it's an incredible experience watching this film. the power and expressiveness of the slight divergences from each cycle of repetition-- differences that pervade each iteration, insinuating themselves into the rhythm, is startling. The head hung low. the crisp sound of the potato.

El Biffo

A masterpiece, but definitely not for action film enthusiasts. This is an inaction film, and about as good as it gets with almost nothing happening at all.

Nadin

A last piece from the Master himself. Visually stunning, minimalism and monotony stretched to the extreme, Tarr's oeuvre culminates in utter hopelessness. An impressive and thought-provoking farewell from the stage.

Slow Immersion

Makes me wonder whether complete desolation or destruction might actually make this world an interesting; but then I retreat and resort to my thoughts that suicide may well be the kindest action man can do for himself..

Kamran

aestheticsofthemind.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/the-turin-horse-tarr-2012/ For six days, man and woman each eat a potato, and then dark silence overcomes them. Ritual figures deeply in Tarr’s observation of the death of God. Metonyms of the Lord, the horse will not eat, the wind will not blow, the water will not rise, the fire will not burn. Life stands still. God Is Dead. 97/100 – Masterful