The university of fate … The university of hope … W. reminds me of how Tarr only cast his friends in his films. The same friends, every time. Ordinary people. Ugly people. Drunkards.
Tarr shot everything in one take’ W. says, in awe. One take – and these were non-actors. If the shot went wrong, the shot went wrong. Tarr would simply begin again, and over again. And some of these shots were fifty minutes long! There was the TV version of Macbeth that he made which comprised two takes. Just two takes … and one of the actors was a terrible alcoholic who kept fluffing his lines … Never mind, never mind, Tarr would simply start shooting again, once again from the top, once again …
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