it's very important to make the film a real psychological process. (Béla Tarr)

Category: Misc

Misc

A sense of an ending

June 18, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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It is with a very heart that I announce that I will take an indefinite break from writing here on The Art(s) of Slow Cinema....
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Misc

Mother, I’m suffocating

June 11, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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Some of you may remember that I was working on my first political essay following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. I had made it available earlier...
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Misc

Time

April 19, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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It's been a bit quiet here recently, primarily because I was (and still am) in the process of working on a very personal and painful...
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Misc

Searching

February 3, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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It’s interesting to see how things develop. In my last post, I spoke about resonance. A lot of it was based on Hartmut Rosa’s book...
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Misc Research

Resonance

January 3, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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I have often been asked how I got interested in Slow Cinema, how I was able to distinguish slow films from other arthouse films. I...
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Films Misc

Year in Review 2022

December 22, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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The last time I published a post on this blog was to inform you all about a rather unpleasant development in my mind. I’m using...
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Misc

Human Cinema (University of Porto)

February 23, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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The following is a talk I gave on 23 February 2022 on the occasion of the launch of "Contemplating post-1989 Slow Cinema", a booklet published...
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Misc Research

Rumination

August 16, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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About three weeks ago, I started an introductory course in psychology. I felt the need to dive a little deeper into what I myself was...
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