Emancipation
Admittedly, I had quite a break from The Art(s) of Slow Cinema. Four weeks without a blog post is not in my nature. Nor was...
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Tag: modernity
Organic Cinema – Thorsten Botz-Bornstein (2017)
January 28, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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Slow Cinema polarises. Even though it is no longer as prominent as when Jonathan Romney published his Sight & Sound article in 2010, the debate...
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Spoon – Laila Pakalnina (2019)
January 23, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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Before I say a single word about Laila Pakalnina’s new film Spoon (2019), I need to thank Elina Reitere and the Latvian Film Institute, who...
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Le passeur de temps – Sylviane Agacinski (2000)
October 18, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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More often than not, book flea markets are the best way to find gems that you might not find in book shops (anymore). Very old...
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Elsewhere – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2000)
September 27, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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I have one specific sequence in my head, and what it shows and what is said doesn't get any weaker with time. An elderly tribes...
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Passions of the will to boredom
February 29, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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I have taken today's post title from Julian Jason Haladyn's wonderful book Boredom and Art: Passions of the Will To Boredom (2015), which I have read...
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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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Eulogy to Slowness
September 29, 2013
by Nadin Mai
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I was fortunate enough to be able to watch Letters from the Desert (Eulogy to Slowness) yesterday. It's a poetic documentary by Italian director Michela...
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