Slow Cinema is often, wrongly, seen in terms of boredom. For me, this has two reasons. The first one is the term itself. In an era of ever-increasing speed, 'slow' has negative connotations. It literally screams 'boredom'. Second, no one has ever questioned why the films appear boring. Is it the long takes people can't find the patience to endure? Is it the lack of dialogue that make people want to fall asleep? Or is it the emptiness of the frames that the audience interprets as not sparkling enough to keep their attention?
My view on it is . . .
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