Episode 253: TWILIGHT (1990)

TWILIGHT (nope!) can be considered in the same conversation as other works of slow cinema, but György Fehér’s detective story has a bit more of a direct, even darkly comic, edge to it. A girl is found violently murdered in the woods, kicking off a slow-but-frenzied search for the perpetrator. In this discussion, we talk about how TWILIGHT leverages the slow cinema toolkit (slow pans, long takes, minimal action) to what Fehér called the “ridiculous contrast” between the search for justice and the eternity of nature. “Waiting for Something to Happen: György Fehér’s Twilight” by Luke Mosher for Perisphere, the Trylon blog: https://www.perisphere.org/2023/11/10/waiting-for-something-to-happen-gyorgy-fehers-twilight/ Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Closing music: "Main Theme" from the TWILIGHT soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 253: TWILIGHT (1990) 3:21 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 7:41 - “It’s always giving us something, even when it’s giving us nothing” 21:15 - Shots so slow they eradicate meaning 29:44 - Detective Felügyelõ and what the movie wants to focus on 39:59 - Perpetrators, victims, and small moments that implicate 43:48 - Voyeurism 51:57 - Viewing notes (or, Everyone Gets Mad at Jason) 1:00:41 - The Junk Drawer 1:12:04 - Other Loves We’ve Tried: 1990 1:14:03 - Good Grief, Give Me a GIF! 1:18:57 - Cody’s Noteys: Twi-love - TWILIGHT (series) trivia