Tag: Lav Diaz
Welfare – Frederick Wiseman (1975)
June 29, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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In past years, several people have pointed out the work by Frederick Wiseman to me, in particular whenever I spoke of Lav Diaz and his...
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The ebb of forgetting – Liryc de la Cruz (2015)
February 9, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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!!! This film is now available on tao films until 30 March 2017 !!! The following is a repost from another blog I had worked...
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The Multisensory Film Experience
January 5, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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If there is one thing that is visible in my research of the last three to four years, then it is my interest in why...
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Slow Cinema and Cultural Memory
November 18, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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In a previous post I mentioned my own personal experience with slow films in the context of post-traumatic stress disorder. Given the comments I had...
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Wang Bing – A filmmaker in today’s China (2014)
October 7, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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I quite like how much material there is in France about Chinese director Wang Bing. I had always thought that he was as invisible academically...
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Adam’s Passion, or What is cinema?
September 25, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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I can't remember anymore in which context I saw the trailer for Adam's Passion, a performance with music by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and stage design...
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Ta’ang – Wang Bing (2016)
September 2, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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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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Monochrome Painting and Slow Cinema
July 5, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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At the very beginning of my doctoral research, I linked Slow Cinema to static art, especially Chinese painting. Traditional Chinese painting, I found, had characteristics...
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Los Ausentes – Nicolas Pereda (2014)
June 9, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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Knowing Nicolas Pereda's early work, I'd be inclined to say that his medium long film Los Ausentes marks a new era in his filmmaking. The trailer...
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