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Damnation Reviews

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Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, haunting singer. But the lady is married and Karrer is determined to keep her husband away... Read more

Starring	Peter Fitz, Janos Derzsi, Hanna Schygulla, Djocko Rossitch
Director	Bela Tarr
Genres	World Cinema

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- BÃla Tarr is acclaimed a maestro not only in his native Hungary, but in France, North America and by festival... read more on Time Out
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  - 20 Mar 2009 at 03:09
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- - 6
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  Remember your a womble...
  
  Bella Taar, who also directed Harmonies, brings us another slow motion analysis of the interconnectedness ( is that a word?) of things.
  
  Never a ... read more »
  
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  - John Florence
  - Sussex, UK
  - 02 Aug 2004 at 10:21
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- - 0
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  worth a look
  
  quite different and interesting.Art house world cinema is worth doing. Just look at the rot that comes out of modern US film makers.
  
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- - andrew steele
  - chester, england
  - 09 Nov 2011 at 16:35
- - 0
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  don't forget the humour
  
  I watch Bela Tarr's films over again with endless fascination. The length is not a problem: No longer that many pieces of music. If you can concentrate ... read more »
  
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- - Kobilisy
  - 42 reviews
  - huddersfield. England
  - 28 Feb 2009 at 09:42
- - 3
  - 5
  Too much of a sermon
  
  A bit too much preaching for my liking. Its as if the movie doubts its ability to get the message across without preaching.
  
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- - Shayan Khan
  - Coventry, UK
  - 21 Jan 2005 at 16:52
- - 6
  - 3
  Remember your a womble...
  
  Bella Taar, who also directed Harmonies, brings us another slow motion analysis of the interconnectedness ( is that a word?) of things.
  
  Never a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 13249
- - John Florence
  - Sussex, UK
  - 02 Aug 2004 at 10:21
View all members' reviews (4)

- - 6
  - 3
  Remember your a womble...
  
  Bella Taar, who also directed Harmonies, brings us another slow motion analysis of the interconnectedness ( is that a word?) of things.
  
  Never a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 13249
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - John Florence
  - Sussex, UK
  - 02 Aug 2004 at 10:21
- - 0
  - 0
  don't forget the humour
  
  I watch Bela Tarr's films over again with endless fascination. The length is not a problem: No longer that many pieces of music. If you can concentrate ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 717367
- - Kobilisy
  - 42 reviews
  - huddersfield. England
  - 28 Feb 2009 at 09:42
- - 0
  - 0
  worth a look
  
  quite different and interesting.Art house world cinema is worth doing. Just look at the rot that comes out of modern US film makers.
  
  Report this review
- 1060606
- - andrew steele
  - chester, england
  - 09 Nov 2011 at 16:35
- - 3
  - 5
  Too much of a sermon
  
  A bit too much preaching for my liking. Its as if the movie doubts its ability to get the message across without preaching.
  
  Report this review
- 65995
- - Shayan Khan
  - Coventry, UK
  - 21 Jan 2005 at 16:52

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  Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, haunting singer. But the lady is married and Karrer is determined to keep her ...