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This press release just arrived in my mail:

BELA TARR, MASTER OF CINEMA, AT FACETS SYMPOSIUM SEPTEMBER 16

[Chicago, August 28, 2007] Bela Tarr, one of the world’s legendary filmmakers, widely recognized as a visionary of film form and language, will participate in a symposium on his work with three leading film critics and historians at the Facets Cinematheque, 1517 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago on Sunday, September 17, 2007 at 3 p.m. The event will be preceded by a screening of Tarr’s film Werckmeister Harmonies at 12 noon.

Three of the sharpest minds about the cinema will meet Bela Tarr a memorable encounter: David Bordwell, is a prominent film theorist, historian, and author of many books, including Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema, The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer, and the recent The Way Hollywood Tells It. He is the Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies, Emeritus in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Scott Foundas is the film editor of the L.A. Weekly, frequent contributor to Variety and a member of the selection committee of the New York Film Festival. Jonathan Rosenbaum is the film critic for Chicago Reader and writer for numerous film magazines, whose books include Essential Cinema, Placing Movies, Movies as Politics and Discovering Orson Welles. Moderated by Suzi Doll, Ph.D., the symposium will cover the central themes and concerns of Bela Tarr’s unique body of work, from his Family Nest, his epic Satantango, and most recent film, The Man from London.

Bela Tarr, who has been the subject of numerous retrospectives and the recipient of major awards including being named “European Director of the Year,� has been called “one of the most celebrated auteurs in world cinema.� In a now-famous quote, the late Susan Sontag said Tarr’s Satantango is, “Devastating, enthralling for every minute of its seven hours. I'd be glad to see it every year for the rest of my life."

His feature films include Family Nest, The Outsider, Prefab People, Almanac of Fall, Damnation, Werckmeister Harmonies, Satantango and Man from London. Master of the elegant long take, Tarr’s films, which have often been described as having “melancholy� themes, are visually breathtaking experiences which evoke stark poetry around often grim reality.

Admission to the Werckmeister Harmonies screening is $9, free for Facets Patron Circle members. Admission to the Master of Cinema: Bela Tarr symposium is $15, $10 for Facets members. Advance tickets for both events can be ordered at www.facets.org/cinematheque

For further information, call Facets at 773-281-9075