Organic Cinema - Film, Architecture, and the Work of Bela Tarr

The -organic- is by now a venerable concept within aesthetics, architecture, and art history, but what might such a term mean within the spatialities and temporalities of film? By way of an answer, this concise and innovative study locates organicity in the work of B- Tarr, the renowned Hungarian filmmaker and pioneer of the -slow cinema- movement. Through a wholly original analysis of the long take and other signature features of Tarr-s work, author Thorsten Botz-Bornstein establishes compelling links between the seemingly remote spheres of film and architecture, revealing shared organic principles that emphasize the transcendence of boundaries.