Mentored by none
other than Béla Tarr, Film Factory student Stefan Malešević delivers a black and white short in
the tradition of the renowned Hungarian filmmaker. We have a lonely man, a
simple and cold dwelling with a coal heater, apocalyptic weather dominated by a
blizzard and a strange interaction between two individuals. However, unlike
Tarr’s films, there is something subhuman about the characters in Der Kübelreiter. Malešević’s references to Kafka are uniquely
expressed through the amalgamation between human and animals – the characters croak
like frogs when they communicate – but we also notice sensitivity within these
creatures. Malešević presents us with a postmodern meditation of life, stripped
to its bare necessities whereupon simple man becomes problematic.
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