Understanding Nietzsche’s Connection to The Turin Horse

The Turin Horse (A torinói ló, 2011) opens with a narrator speaking of Nietzsche's mental collapse on the streets of Turin after witnessing a cabman brutalize a horse. The resulting film tells the story of this cabman, his daughter, and their horse, but the philosopher is never mentioned again. Instead, the film oozes details of Nietzsche's philosophy, especially his concept of eternal return. This video explores that connection by explaining eternal return and how it relates to The Turin Horse.

[coyotesong]

Deeply fascinating. I've been exploring Nietzsche's thought in my 74th year and finally feel like I'm getting it. I tried a number of times over many years and didn't get very far. This visual essay is truly amazing as is the film under discussion.

[violinsinthevoid]

This channel needs to get known! This is great.

[HakanMind]

The movie and this video hit me right when I needed desperately.
I am having a hard time with my life, people around me and I definetly need a change things for good, even if it doesn't work.
Waiting things to get better has cost me a so much time and energy, eventually I become very ill with my life and my mind, even just a little different step to try, is better than no effort, just whining.

[efsx]

This is one of the best videos on the entire youtube.

[skydavid]

You have made an excellent in depth consideration of Bella Tarr's final film. It is interesting to note that the last part of the 1800's and into the early 1900's, Eastern Europe and most especially Northern Hungary experienced devastating drought and persistent arid wind.

[mhnoni]

This movie reminded me of the game "Limbo".
This movie was so hopeless, every movie you watch you get something from it, this movie had none, almost like Bernhard said, to surrender and accept the fact that you already lost. the total silence between the father and the daughter was so devastating and very painful for me. I liked the movie but the message behind it is very bad, the character had no controller over their life which made their life so meaningless and so sad. I wouldn't recommend this movie to people who have depression.

[ScorpionFiore]

As a long time Tarr lover, thank you for adding some in-depth significance and open a further door into Nietzsche’s world. Tarr films are impressive and moving even just for the aesthetics, and the meaning you can get on your own by watching and feeling them, but explanations, interpretations are always welcome and add more and more value.
Of course Tarr’s interview are awesome and his words are a continuum with his film operas.
I admit I have to learn a lot from Nietsche’s words and thoughts and this video is a good beginning, thank you very much

[robrtlaw]

This is fantastic, thanks for putting the effort and thought in to make it

[frnzp]

Awesome video. The monologue and the intro sequences are impressive as hell, will probably never forget those scenes.

[seanc]

Another good one- I happened to watch this movie and read The Joyful Science this summer, but never explicitly made the connection between Nietzsche’s eternal return and the film…I was thinking of it in terms of different philosophers, like Ernest Becker and Camus. Thanks!

[milascave]

Nietzsche did not remain totally mute during his long period of a near vegetative state. He faded in and out. At one point he looked at the books on the shelf and said "Are those books?" "Yes, " he was told. "Didn't I once also write very good books?" He asked. But these brief moments of semi-lucidity were the exception, not the rule.

[ferouihamza]

great analysis man, you deserve way more subscribers.

[justshoby]

A genius analysis, and a fresh beautiful perspective 👌 💎

[morphchoir]

Thank you for making this. I’d been wishing someone would make a video like this for the film and it didn’t disappoint. Subscribed.

[mubeen]

Wow, this channel is a gem. Thank you!

[ulbudhiya]

Thank you for this video essay. I am new into the world of Indie Films and this video helps me to understand the film better. I think now I have to watch this film again.

[jdoylewallis]

Nice job.
And, minor note, love that the image of an instrument is a Lee Ranadlo Jazzmaster.

[andreeadobre]

It's worth noting that in the neighbour long take the camera follows the bottle from (almost) beginning to end. This is not about what he says, it's about everything is shit, let's get drunk to forget. We don't see what happens to the gypsies or what is beyond the hill when they try to leave at the end or how much the neighbour is actually doing in life besides drinking, so I tend to believe the film is much bleaker than empowering.
Congrats for this great video. I could go on for hours about how much I love Tarr's work and why, but let's just say he made the perfect film about 2020 in 2011.

[lukedoyle]

Great analysis. This is the thing for me with Bela Tarr, his movies aren’t so much engaging or even necessarily hard-hitting emotionally, but when you see one it stays in your mind for weeks just lingering. There’s an idea that a good film has to make you feel good, or sad, or angry, anything that makes intense feeling. Away with this notion. If you are bored or feel empty inside with these films, good. Sometimes that’s the point. Live another life for a few hours, and go back to your reality as the film sinks in

[loge]

I'm with the rest of these positive comments. Very well done and thoughtful essay on a film that has deeply affected me.

I think you nailed it in how our current circumstances have put many of us (most of us?) in the state of the characters of this film - even those of affluence.