Self Portrait: Window in 47km – Zhang Mengqi (2019)
In recent months and years, I have come across quite a substantial number of strong, independent slow films from China. Of course, Wang Bing remains...
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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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The (in)significance of dialogue
April 3, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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While adding a few paragraphs to my chapter on Lav Diaz’s Death in the Land of Encantos (2007), it occurred to me that for some slow...
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Day 20 – Interview with the Earth (Pereda)
December 20, 2013
by Nadin Mai
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Quite a while ago, I watched Summer of Goliath (2010) by Nicolas Pereda, a hugely interesting slow-film director from Mexico. Pereda is not only interesting because...
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