Self-Portrait: Sphinx at 47km – Zhang Mengqi (2017)
Could it be that China currently has the single most promising output of contemporary Slow Cinema? I could, of course, be wrong. And yet it...
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Tag: Liu Jiayin
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles – Chantal Akerman (1975)
March 29, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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On. Off. On. Off. On. Off. A really fascinating, almost hypnotising focus of Jeanne turning on the light whenever she enters a room and turning...
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Oxhide II – Liu Jiayin (2009)
November 12, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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Hooray! It took me almost to the day four years before I watched the sequel of Liu Jiayin's fascinating Oxhide (2005), which struck me primarily because...
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Another Year – Shengze Zhu (2016)
April 12, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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A three hour long film about people eating - admittedly, this doesn't sound like a must-see film. And it's not even just three hours of...
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Day 24 – Surprise (me)
December 24, 2013
by Nadin Mai
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I finish this year’s advent calendar with a self-experiment in slow-filmmaking. It’s one thing to watch slow films all the time. But as I was...
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Day 3 – Oxhide I (Jiayin)
December 3, 2013
by Nadin Mai
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On day three, I have thankfully managed to avoid further motion sickness. Although I cannot say that I have moved into a better environment. Quite...
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