Ta’ang – Wang Bing (2016)
I’m on a Wang Bing roll at the moment. I have finally found the time to see his work, and all kinds of things run...
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Tag: documentary
Fengming, a Chinese memoir – Wang Bing (2007)
August 29, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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It must have been a year or two that I watched my very first Wang Bing film. Stupidly enough, I chose The Ditch, a feature film...
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Là-bas (Chantal Akerman, 2006)
August 5, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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Là-bas. Down there. Down there has many meanings in this film of Chantal Akerman, her first, last and only film set in Israel. Down there...
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8 Questions for Sebastian Cordes
December 21, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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His poetic observation A place called Lloyd (2015) made Danish director Sebastian Cordes a slow-film director to look out for in future. I had a brief...
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A place called Lloyd – Sebastian Cordes (2015)
December 14, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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If there is a film that takes the ideas of absence and nothingness almost literally, then it is surely Sebastian Cordes’ new film A place called...
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D’Est – Chantal Akerman (1993)
October 29, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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Chantal Akerman’s D’est is a great example of Slow Cinema, and for those who do not feel prepared to start with eight hours Lav Diaz,...
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Interview with Yulene Olaizola (Fogo)
July 7, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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My thanks goes out to Yulene Olaizola, who has kindly agreed to this brief email interview. Her film Fogo (2012) is a fascinating portrait of...
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Fogo – Yulene Olaizola (2012)
June 14, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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Have I ever mentioned that I love my “job”? It makes me really happy to discover all those talented, yet unknown directors from all over...
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Interview with Michela Occhipinti
March 14, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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In 2010, filmmaker Michela Occhipinti made the brilliant and yet subtle slow film Letters from the Desert – Eulogy to Slowness. I have reviewed the film...
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Interview with Zhengfan Yang (Distant)
February 3, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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Before I go ahead with more blog posts on the relation of Slow Cinema and Chinese painting, here’s a brief email interview with director Zhengfan...
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