slowness – The Arts of (Slow) Cinema

It is an enormous pleasure to announce that my monograph Human Condition(s) – An aesthetic if cinematic slowness is now available for purchase. I started...

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Dear Publishers

February 18, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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As I’m putting the finishing touches to my book Human Condition(s) – An aesthetic of slowness, 1990 – 2020, I’m mulling over what has brought...

Films

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...

Films

Century of Smoke – Nicolas Graux (2019)

April 6, 2019

by Nadin Mai

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There is one aspect of my work in the field of Slow Cinema, which I like more than anything else: the opportunity to travel the...

Research

Happy 10th Slow Cinema anniversary

March 18, 2019

by Nadin Mai

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This year marks a special anniversary for me. Ten years ago in summer, I watched my first slow film. It was Béla Tarr’s The Man from...

Films

Kaili Blues – Bi Gan (2015)

January 24, 2019

by Nadin Mai

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It is impossible to retain a past thought, to seize a future thought, and even to hold onto a present thought. There couldn't be a...

Research

Waiting Time

January 9, 2019

by Nadin Mai

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The end of the year 2018 was, in France at least, a period in which the media focused on the subject of time. The quantity...

The Arts of (Slow) Cinema it's very important to make the film a real psychological process. (Béla Tarr)

Tag: slowness

Pre-order: The Art(s) of Slow Cinema Anthology

The Invisible Present

Wang Bing – The walking eye (2021)

Human Condition(s) – NOW AVAILABLE

Dear Publishers

Vitalina Varela – Pedro Costa (2019)

Century of Smoke – Nicolas Graux (2019)

Happy 10th Slow Cinema anniversary

Kaili Blues – Bi Gan (2015)

Waiting Time