The Invisible Present
When have you last looked at the sky? When have you last taken the time to look at the stars? It’s difficult to do these...
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Tag: filmmaking
Tarr Béla, I used to be a filmmaker – Jean-Marc Lamoure (2013)
May 18, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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Those who have been with me over the years know how much I admire the work of Béla Tarr. It is not only the films...
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Afternoon – Tsai Ming-liang (2016)
August 6, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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Does this conversation have to be so miserable? Tsai Ming-liang asks. His two-hour long conversation with his fetish actor Lee Kang-sheng, Afternoon, will perhaps remain...
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Autoportrait en cinéaste / Ma mère rit (Chantal Akerman)
April 4, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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In the last fortnight or so, I have read two books by Chantal Akerman. One of them, Autoportrait en cinéaste, is, in fact, a sort of...
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tao films VoD – Further info
August 1, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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I would like to use the time to explain a little more about the VoD platform. Things have developed quite a bit since I posted...
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In defense of a lack of craft
July 20, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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I read a rather irritating article about Lav Diaz's Norte, written by Adrian Martin for the Sight & Sound magazine. His reading of the film...
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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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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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Slow Retirements
September 14, 2013
by Nadin Mai
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It came as a shock to cinephiles in 2011 when Hungarian director Béla Tarr announced that The Turin Horse would be his last film. I...
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