Human Condition(s) – NOW AVAILABLE
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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Tag: Zhengfan Yang
Self-Portrait: Sphinx at 47km – Zhang Mengqi (2017)
January 7, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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Could it be that China currently has the single most promising output of contemporary Slow Cinema? I could, of course, be wrong. And yet it...
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Slow Cinema VoD – Update (3)
May 11, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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Today, I would like to list the directors whose works I have chosen for The Art(s) of Slow Cinema VoD. These directors have submitted their films...
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Another Year – Shengze Zhu (2016)
April 12, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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A three hour long film about people eating - admittedly, this doesn't sound like a must-see film. And it's not even just three hours of...
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Where are you going? – Zhengfan Yang (2016)
February 8, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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If the film's title were a question about the direction of the filmmaker, then I would respond to it with "higher and higher". Where Are You...
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Milky Way – Benedek Fliegauf (2007)
June 10, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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Ahh, what a lovely slow film after weeks of drought! I still have a long list of slow films, but I somehow lack the time...
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Interview with Zhengfan Yang (Distant)
February 3, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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Before I go ahead with more blog posts on the relation of Slow Cinema and Chinese painting, here’s a brief email interview with director Zhengfan...
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Literally Distant
November 9, 2013
by Nadin Mai
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Sometimes you only have to be patient. Patience is a virtue, and without patience you can't endure a slow film. Or waiting for a slow film,...
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