Northwest Film Forum

Tarr's second feature film (and one of only two shot in color) further explores ideas introduced in FAMILY NEST. Tightly framed shots convey the claustrophobia of close living quarters, in this look at a directionless young male nurse and factory worker who escapes life's frustrations by dancing, drinking, and playing the fiddle in local taverns. Seeing it as both a reaction against contemporary Hungarian cinema and a political commentary, Tarr says, "We weren't knocking at the door, we just beat it down. We were coming with some fresh, new, true, real things. We just wanted to show the reality—anti-movies."