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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Tag: contemplation
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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Red Moon Tide – Lois Patino (2019)
January 6, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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The moon is a monster, it devours time. Rubio. A fisherman. He loved the sea, he loved the freedom when heading out with his boat....
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Earth – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2019)
April 9, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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Towards the end of the last decade, a new term made its way into public discourse: the anthropocene. Although this isn’t entirely true. The term...
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Spoon – Laila Pakalnina (2019)
January 23, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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Before I say a single word about Laila Pakalnina’s new film Spoon (2019), I need to thank Elina Reitere and the Latvian Film Institute, who...
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Memory of Time – HeeWon Lee (Rennes, 2019)
July 19, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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It is possibly the first time that I’m writing about a specific video installation here on this blog. I have read quite a bit during...
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Walden – Daniel Zimmermann (2018)
June 17, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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Not so long ago, I picked up Henry David Thoreau’s book Walden. Published in the middle of the 19th century, it is now something of...
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Closing Time – Nicole Vögele (2018)
May 2, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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The beauty of Slow Cinema is that directors welcome you to their world and let you explore it in your own way. If you follow...
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Taste of Cement – Ziad Kalthoum (2017)
April 17, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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My father’s hand was the city of Beirut. I came to Ziad Kalthoum’s Taste of Cement by accident and it’s one of those accidents that you’re grateful for. Not so long ago, I read...
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A Yangtze Landscape – Xu Xin (2017)
February 21, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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There are films, which I’m grateful for. Grateful for being able to watch them, grateful for being able to write about them. Grateful for being...
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