Films Days – Tsai Ming-liang (2020) August 11, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments 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... Read More
Films The Red Turtle – Michaël Dudok de Wit (2016) January 5, 2018 by Nadin Mai 4 Comments 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... Read More
Films Homo Sapiens – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2016) June 21, 2016 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments 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... Read More
Films Misc Alimuom – Benjamin Agusan (poetry) March 6, 2014 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments 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... Read More
Research Is Lav Diaz is literati? February 19, 2014 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment 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... Read More
Films Day 9 – Journey on the Plain (Tarr) December 9, 2013 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment 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... Read More
Research Poetic Cinema September 19, 2013 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment 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,... Read More