The Moromete Family (1987) by Stere Gulea, Clip: Opening titles and opening squalid misery...

The Image: That amazingly bleak opening shot of the peasant homestead with the huge puddles in the front yard would put even Béla Tarr to shame! And of course the relentless focus on the face of the patriarch, Ilie Moromete - who will loom so large in this film. And that tall tree at the end - trees will be important in this movie - and its 2018 sequel... (I was bound to offer up a clip from this seminal Romanian movie one day, so today’s the day!) (Stere Gulea looks like this: =/1280x720/smart/filters:contrast(5):format(jpeg):quality(90)/) tristan@ ____ COPYRIGHT ISSUES? - Please (!) - Before contacting youtube officially and requesting an official Takedown - which results in this Non-monetized channel getting a strike - (and potential oblivion) please consider contacting me personally: tristan@ and I will immediately remove the material. tristan@ _________ All clips uploaded solely for celebration and education.... All clips have currently been passed by youtube copyright software, but I appreciate that individual copyright holders may still wish to manually protect their copyright by issuing a retrospective takedown order. Before contacting youtube officially - which results in this channel getting a strike - please consider contacting me personally: tristan@ and I will immediately remove the material. (Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use“ for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, education or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.)