Tag: poetry

August 11, 2020

by Nadin Mai

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When Kang, played by Lee Kang-sheng, crosses a busy road, holding his head with his left hand, his neck being stabilised by a brace, there...

January 5, 2018

by Nadin Mai

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I believe this is the first animation film that I’m mentioning on this blog. I haven’t heard a lot about slow animation before, nor am...

June 21, 2016

by Nadin Mai

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Who, or maybe what, is Homo Sapiens? Wise man, they say. But is Homo Sapiens just that? Does Homo Sapiens stand entirely for the human...

March 6, 2014

by Nadin Mai

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Benjamin Agusan is a fictional poet in Lav Diaz’s Death in the Land of Encantos (2007). A great poet on the verge of losing his sanity. He...

February 19, 2014

by Nadin Mai

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This post wraps up my brief excursion to the far-away lands of China, and my somewhat exotic reading of Slow Cinema. What remains is one...

December 9, 2013

by Nadin Mai

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It was new to me that Béla Tarr directed a short film called Journey on the Plain in 1995, a year after the release of his...

September 19, 2013

by Nadin Mai

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I have recently watched Jia Zhang-ke's wonderful and impressive piece I Wish I Knew (2010), and a thought popped into my head. First of all,...