Category: Films

In some ways, I stick to Bela Tarr. Fred Kelemen, German filmmaker and cinematographer, had been a regular at Tarr's set. He was cinematographer for...

Films

Day 9 – Journey on the Plain (Tarr)

December 9, 2013

by Nadin Mai

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It was new to me that Béla Tarr directed a short film called Journey on the Plain in 1995, a year after the release of his...

Films

Day 8 – Vive l’Amour (Ming-liang)

December 8, 2013

by Nadin Mai

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Time for a bit of love on the second advent. Or maybe not, because Tsai Ming-liang's Vive l'Amour (1994) is, as all of his other films, not...

Films

Day 7 – Los Muertos (Alonso)

December 7, 2013

by Nadin Mai

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Et voila, I am back on the South American continent, in Argentina to be exact. Lisandro Alonso is for me a special slow-film director. Not...

Films

Day 6 – Colossal Youth (Costa)

December 6, 2013

by Nadin Mai

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I'm back on the European continent, after having made (film) trips to Mexico, the Philippines and China. I'm in Portugal this time, the home ....

Films

Day 5 – Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (Diaz)

December 5, 2013

by Nadin Mai

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I admit that I have cheated a bit. I didn't watch the whole six hours in one go. Not the second time. I did so...

Films

Day 4 – Daughter…Father…Daughter (Rezaee)

December 4, 2013

by Nadin Mai

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Day four allowed me to leave the cramped Chinese apartment. Instead I moved to an era of Iran I thought never existed. If anything, we...

Films

Day 3 – Oxhide I (Jiayin)

December 3, 2013

by Nadin Mai

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On day three, I have thankfully managed to avoid further motion sickness. Although I cannot say that I have moved into a better environment. Quite...