Kaili Blues – Bi Gan (2015)
It is impossible to retain a past thought, to seize a future thought, and even to hold onto a present thought. There couldn't be a...
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Tag: film aesthetics
The weeping meadow – Theo Angelopoulos (2004)
October 12, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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It took me much longer than usual to write my new blog post, which is primarily down to health reasons. An inflamed elbow could, in...
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New books on Pedro Costa & Béla Tarr
August 12, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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The initial wave of I-want-to-be-the-first has subsided, and after quite a few not very good books on Slow Cinema or on slow-film directors, we're slowly...
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The different slowness in Evolution of a Filipino Family
July 28, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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After my initial thoughts on Lav Diaz's Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004), I am now in the position to say a bit more about it,...
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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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Third (Slow) Cinema
October 27, 2013
by Nadin Mai
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In my last post, I hinted at the peculiar phenomenon that quite a substantial amount of slow films are made in third world countries, or...
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