Kaili Blues – Bi Gan (2015)
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...
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Tag: slowness
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...
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Sneak Peek at The Art(s) of Slow Cinema journal (Issue 1)
September 10, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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It’s slowly coming together, the first print issue of The Art(s) of Slow Cinema. The design is ready (for now), and I have put work...
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The Long Take – Art Cinema and the Wondrous (Lutz Koepnick, 2017)
July 30, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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Time for a new book review. It's been comparatively quiet in academic publishing when it comes to Slow Cinema. I speak of experience when I...
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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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Austerlitz’s time
January 11, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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What is Austerlitz's time, and where do I get this from? Well, I didn't expect my wanting to write a blog post about Jacques Austerlitz...
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Slow reconciliation with nature
December 1, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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This morning, I left the house at 8 o'clock. I went to a bridge that is close to my flat and that overlooks the canal...
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The Essence of Place – Susannah Ramsay (2017)
October 26, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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It is 8.30 in the evening. It is dark and wet, although it has stopped raining for a little while. I'm at the RSPB reserve...
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West of the Tracks – Wang Bing (2003)
May 16, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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If you hear people speaking about Slow Cinema, or see lists of films that are usually considered to be part of this genre or this...
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