Review of The Turin Horse (2011) by Simon T — 27 Nov 2018
Bela Tarr's final film rewards the patient and will infuriate many. In a post-apocalyptic Beckettian landscape blighted by an unremitting gale a father and daughter survive on a diet of boiled potatoes and hard liquor.
Their only visitors demand drink and steal water from the well. Their horse stops eating. Tarr records these small events in long monochrome takes, finding interest in the tiniest detail. Testing, occasionally infuriating, but mostly riveting.
This review of The Turin Horse (2011) was written by Simon T on 27 Nov 2018.
The Turin Horse has generally received very positive reviews.
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