Werckmeister Harmonies - Hospital scene 

Like a visual poem and this was its peak

I cried, this is the best film I have ever seen along with 2001 and La Dolce Vita. I cried three time in the film (starting, this scene and end) and I have never ever cried in any other film.

Its beautifull because it hits the most basic cords of the human nature. As Tarr said about this scene, its all about the human cruelty coming to face the ultimate test. Although the crowd killed everybody in the hospital, in the midle of their raging path, they came accross the absolute substance of the human nature. They are faced with the most fragile form of a human being. A helpless old man against a white wall. Its the final frontier for the humans to cross and become wild animals, lose their humanity. Its a test. They are given the clearest view of themselves.

Bela Tarr is one of the reasons why I am proud to be Hungarian. This movie and this particular scene is timeless and profoundly beautiful.

Yes, except that us as humans, since we crossed the barrier of culture we can no longer become animals again, If you crosses that final frontier you become something else... a monster.

Many, many takes i'm sure

Acording to the director: 1 and a half day of rehearsals and on the third day they shot.

Well said...

There are no screams, because no one will be coming to their aid

When you think Bela Tarr's optimistic, you know we're in deep shit

Exactly what I was thinking, and the description of the Prince and its relationship with the circus sounds reminiscent of Trump and the Republican party

@@Isaac14118 The Democrats as just as guilty sadly. Politics make monsters out of people

​@@wolfmare4239 Bela Tarr said in an interview that if he wasn't optimistic, he wouldn't have made films.

Well within the timeframe this movie is supposed to be capturing I think the whale represents Soviet authority making its way into Hungarian government in rapid pace. It's no surprise these "revolutionaries" gathered on the square where the whale was being showcased and the exposition being the link between the vandalisation of this hospital and the protagonist who is nostalgic of the old ways. It's quite telling that in this particular scene the self-destructiveness of Soviet satellite states (the vandalisation of the hospital) is left unfinished by the confrontation of the fragile state theyre in and the past thats led them to it (the old man being nearly starved to death and left at the mercy of those who have shown none so far).

It's a reflection of the hungarian revolution of 1956, but it's also a common condition we humans repeatedly get ourselves into. That Bela Tarr's power, he always rooted in the history but also transcendent it

I am not Hungarian so I do not know the historical connotations of the scene but I agree with your association with fascism. I think it's about how hopelessness, rage, and even boredom may lead common folk to fascistic violence. These people stopped only when they found the image of a man reminiscent of the holocaust and finally saw what they had become.

Foi o que me trouxe aqui.

@@ruiantonio3010 English pls

Yes. You are insane

Please, don't spoil a wonderful and timeless movie with a political propaganda.

***** ok, but this is not some kind of fairy tale.

Bro.. are u there..? In 2022

I need the name!!

dude please share the website, it'll be a pleasure

Still waiting for the website

If you're smart enough you could realize two of the recurrent themes of Bela Tarr's films are boredom and meaningless scenes.

Shurrup you girl

Go back watching transformers kid

It is about ethics. You should embrace your boredom and not be scared of it.

Yeah, we all have those "essential movies" that we don't get anything out of. Doesn't make us unworthy of calling ourselves "cinephiles" or whatever.