Satantango – The Arts of (Slow) Cinema

Ausma – Laila Pakalnina (2015)

October 8, 2019

by Nadin Mai

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How does one handle a film, which so strikingly resembles human memory, in particular traumatic memory? The Baltic states have had a tumultuous history, most...

Films

A pigeon sat on a branch reflecting on cinema

September 11, 2017

by Nadin Mai

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It’s been almost a year that I have seen Roy Andersson’s A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014), a film I remember was...

Films

Malaventura – Michel Lipkes (2011)

November 22, 2015

by Nadin Mai

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The last day in the life of an elderly man – this is the entire premise of Michel Lipkes’ wonderful debut feature. Once more, I...

Films

D’Est – Chantal Akerman (1993)

October 29, 2015

by Nadin Mai

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Chantal Akerman’s D’est is a great example of Slow Cinema, and for those who do not feel prepared to start with eight hours Lav Diaz,...

Misc Research

Slow Cinema, trauma and therapy

October 22, 2015

by Nadin Mai

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I set up this blog in the autumn of 2012, at the start of my doctoral research. It’s funny just how much the original subject...

Research

Death Time

April 2, 2015

by Nadin Mai

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Oh yes, a cheery title for this blog post. I apologise. But this only comes because of an email I received from one of my...

Books & Articles

Book Review: Das Innen im Außen – Bernhard Hetzenauer (2013)

January 8, 2015

by Nadin Mai

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Bernhard Hentzenauer’s book on Béla Tarr, Das Innen im Aussen: Béla Tarr, Jacques Lacan und der Blick, makes me glad that I’m a German native,...

Books & Articles

Review: The Cinema of Béla Tarr – András Bálint Kovács

April 19, 2014

by Nadin Mai

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Kovács’ book is not the first book on Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr. Jacques Rancière has equally published a book, though rather slim, about Tarr, titled...

Films