Byung-Chul Han
It is rare that I focus on a person on this blog. I tend to focus on films or books, but never on a single...
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Tag: presence
Vitalina Varela – Pedro Costa (2019)
October 28, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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It is difficult, if not impossible, to think of a woman in film, who has such a magical, such an overpowering aura around her as...
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Time in Japanese art and society
July 30, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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Those of you who have been with me for a while will remember that I used to be very keen on establishing a link between...
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The spirit of absence
February 6, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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I have long been fascinated by the power of absence. I hadn't known that this was one element that drew me towards Slow Cinema until...
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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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Pripyat – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (1999)
August 9, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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A woman is walking through a dead landscape. Nature has taken over what Man has built. It's wilderness we see. "These wild apples grew after...
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Shoah – Claude Lanzmann (1985)
July 10, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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It is clear to me that Claude Lanzmann's Shoah (1985) would never make it into a Slow Cinema list. Perhaps, it shouldn't be. Perhaps, it should...
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Visitor – Sebastian Cordes (2018)
March 12, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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“It is said that man has always wandered. Out of need or curiosity, across deserts and oceans.” This is how the new feature film by...
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Cochihza – Khristine Gillard (2013)
July 21, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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It doesn't happen very often that I have to rewatch a film because I forgot about its contents. In fact, it never happened to the...
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