The Tree – André Gil Mata (2018)
Tarkovskian. Tarr-esque. Filmind. André Gil Mata’s The Tree had me thinking a lot, had me admire what I saw and had me marvel over the...
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Tag: weight
An Elephant Sitting Still – Hu Bo (2018)
January 30, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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There are good films. There are bad films. There are exciting films, awesome films, overwhelming films. There are also underwhelming films, those that are total...
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El Cielo, la Tierra y la Lluvia – José Luis Torres Leiva (2008)
June 15, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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I think (although I could be wrong) that this post is a premiere, as it is probably the first post about a slow film from...
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The Sacrifice – Andrei Tarkovsky (1986)
March 19, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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"Humanity is on the wrong road." Andrei Tarkovsky's ultimate film, The Sacrifice, released in the year of the director's death, is perhaps one of his bleakest...
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The weight of time
October 20, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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If you study Slow Cinema, or time in film in more general terms, you cannot avoid reading Mary Ann Doane's The Emergence of Cinematic Time...
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