Contemplation
In April this year, I had the pleasure to publish my very first baby. Human Condition(s) – An aesthetic of cinematic slowness has already shipped...
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Category: Books & Articles
Wang Bing – The walking eye (2021)
May 11, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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I wished it was me who had the idea for this brilliant title. Sadly, I only managed to use “the camera as eye” at some...
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Human Condition(s) – NOW AVAILABLE
April 9, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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It is an enormous pleasure to announce that my monograph Human Condition(s) – An aesthetic if cinematic slowness is now available for purchase. I started...
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Human Condition(s) — Forthcoming book
February 10, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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Some of you may remember that I received a wonderful offer back in 2019, in a world before corona. Before the world came to a...
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Year in Review 2020
December 7, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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A few years ago, I started to write a little summary of what the year in Slow Cinema was like. I liked to look back...
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Byung-Chul Han
November 18, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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It is rare that I focus on a person on this blog. I tend to focus on films or books, but never on a single...
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Chantal Akerman’s journeys
October 21, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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When Chantal Akerman left us five years ago, her seemingly endless journey stopped. She had reached her destination, the last station on the line. Yes,...
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Lisandro Alonso – Adrien-Gabriel Bouché (2020)
April 20, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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It’s been six years that Argentinian director Lisandro Alonso released a film. In 2014, he released Jauja, which, when I saw it, I considered as...
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The Art(s) of Slow Cinema Issue 02
March 21, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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Ca y est, it’s time! The new issue of The Art(s) of Slow Cinema magazine is finally available! It’s taken longer than I had thought....
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Organic Cinema – Thorsten Botz-Bornstein (2017)
January 28, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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Slow Cinema polarises. Even though it is no longer as prominent as when Jonathan Romney published his Sight & Sound article in 2010, the debate...
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