Manakamana – Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez (2013)
If you're looking for a very zen film, then I believe that you cannot find many films that are as zen as Stephanie Spray and...
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Tag: aesthetics
Book Review: Das Innen im Außen – Bernhard Hetzenauer (2013)
January 8, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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Bernhard Hentzenauer's book on Béla Tarr, Das Innen im Aussen: Béla Tarr, Jacques Lacan und der Blick, makes me glad that I'm a German native,...
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Review: On Slowness – Lutz Koepnick (2014)
December 18, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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The contemporary hype around slowness in all its forms has filled shelves in bookstores for several years now. Most of these books are a kind...
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First thoughts on Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep (2014)
December 10, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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This post will be no more than a few possibly unrelated thoughts on Ceylan's new film and its connection to slowness. Winter Sleep is so rich...
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Imburnal – Sherad Anthony Sanchez (2008)
October 7, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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If you're done watching Lav Diaz's long films and need a film to fix this problem, Sherad Anthony Sanchez' three-and-a-half hour film Imburnal (2008) may...
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The concentrationary universe in the films of Lav Diaz (paper)
September 8, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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RPG Conference, University of Stirling, 4 September 2014 Introduction At the end of 1943, Primo Levi, a trained chemist from Italy, was arrested, and a...
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Leave it for Tomorrow… – Jet Leyco (2013)
February 16, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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How much I longed to see this film! Huge thanks goes to the director, Jet Leyco, who also agreed to answer a couple of questions...
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Day 13 – Mother and Son (Sokurov)
December 13, 2013
by Nadin Mai
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Another one of my favourites. And a classic, I suppose. Russian director Sokurov is more than just a slow-film director, though. In fact, I don't...
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