Marketa Lazarova – directed by Frantisek Vlácil. Historical Drama. 162 minutes Black And White 1967.
★★★★★
The Story: Clans feud in the dark ages in Czechoslovakia.
~
What does the word “great” mean?
What does it mean when it means nothing less than the most it can mean?
Let’s put it this way: this film is on the order of Beethoven’s 9th. King Lear.
It is on the level of the best films of Tarkovsky, Rossellini, Bergman, Kurosawa, Mizogichi, Satyajit Ray.
I don’t think I need to go on any further about it.
Great is the comprehending of that which is beyond comprehension.
I like that kind of thing.
The sublime. The profound.
The Grand Canyon.
Marketa Lazarova.