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The Aesthetic Features of Slow Cinema (Jono Li)

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  The Aesthetic Features of Slow Cinema - FILM301 - Jono Li - Video Essay (2023)  (TOASTEN) 17 Oct 2023 (YouTube) 4'47"

From Void to Memory (Film Scalpel) video essay

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  From Void to Memory - MUBI video essay (YouTube) 29'32" Film Scalpel (7 April 2020) Footage:  Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu, 1949)  The Quiet Man (John Ford, 1952)  Tokyo Story (Ozu Yasujirō, 1953)  An Autumn Afternoon (Yasujiro Ozu, 1962)  Fortini/Cani (Danièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub, 1976)  One Way Boogie Woogi (James Benning, 1977)  Too Early, Too Late (Danièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub, 1982)  Innisfree (José Luis Guerin, 1990)  Sud (Chantal Akerman, 1999)  One Way Boogie Woogie / 27 Years Later (James Benning, 2005)

Divine Corporality (Manuel Oliveira)

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  Divine Corporality: The Cinema of Albert Serra - A Video Essay (YouTube) 3'05" Film Essays by M.O. (11 Aug 2023) The films of Albert Serra have inspired thought on the ideas of the corporeal and the idea of presence, always regarding to a certain literary and cinematographic tradition. This essay seeks to find some moments in his films that better illustrate some of these ideas and how they relate with each other.  -- Films used in the video-essay: Honor de Cavalleria, Albert Serra (2006) - Andergraun Films El Cant dels Ocells, Albert Serra (2008) - Andergraun Films Història de la meva Mort, Albert Serra (2013) - Andergraun Films, Capricci Films La mort de Louis XIV, Albert Serra (2016) - Rosa Filmes, Andergraun Films Liberté, Albert Serra (2019) - Rosa Filmes, Andergraun Films Pacifiction, Albert Serra (2022) - Rosa Filmes, Andergraun Films

Slice of Life Films (Vamshi Ohgs)

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  A Focus on "Slice of Life" Films - VOLUME: I (YouTube) 18'19" Vamshi Ohgs (12 Nov 2023) On Ozu ( Tokyo Story ) * * * A Focus on "Slice of Life" Films - VOLUME: II  (YouTube) 21'56" Vamshi Ohgs (26 Nov 2023) On Edward Yang ( Yi Yi )

The Cinematic Realism of Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Aries C. Ferrer)

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  To Be At Home: The Cinematic Realism of 'Goodbye, Dragon Inn' (YouTube) 19'30" Aries C. Ferrer (29 Jan 2023) In this video essay, I discuss the rationale and assumptions of Siegfried Kracauer’s cinematic realism in relation to Tsai Ming-liang’s 2003 slow film 'Goodbye, Dragon Inn'.

Tarr, Apichtapong, Reygadas in discussion (Sarajevo Film Academy)

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  (Left to right: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Béla Tarr, Carlos Reygadas) Watch the discussion between Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Carlos Reygadas and Béla Tarr (The Film Stage, Sarajevo Film Academy, 12 Dec 2016) 40' x2

Landscapes are Poetic Cinema (Unfeatured Films)

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  Landscapes are Poetic Cinema |Video Essay (YouTube) 1h03' Unfeatured Films - 15 nov 2023 Read also at Unspoken Cinema: Losing the ability to contemplate Nature for itself

Jeanne Dielman - The Significance Of Banality (You Have Been Watching Films)

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  Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles - The Significance Of Banality (YouTube) 10'44" (You Have Been Watching Films) 3 march 2023

Ben Rivers retrospective (Paris)

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 La galerie du Jeu de Paume à Paris, organise un cycle de films de Ben Rivers du 14 au 26 Novembre 2023. Cette première rétrospective française de grande ampleur du travail de Ben Rivers ne cherche pas moins à récapituler l’une des oeuvres les plus importantes du cinéma contemporain qu’à profiter de sa puissance régénératrice. La présentation de chacun des programmes du cycle a été confiée à une autrice ou un auteur de fiction de renom, qui lira le texte que lui a inspiré la sélection de films projetés — texte qui donne par ailleurs son titre à la séance. L’ensemble de ces écrits forme la matière d’un recueil de nouvelles, publié par Fireflies Press. Tout en dessinant un panorama de la littérature contemporaine que Ben Rivers affectionne, ce livre et ce cycle invitent à habiter ses mondes et à en fabriquer de nouveaux avec lui. * * * Entre ses mains, la caméra est bien autre chose qu’un outil d’observation du monde, elle ouvre des brèches dans le tissu serré du présent pour découvrir

Fredrick Wiseman Interview on National Gallery

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  Fredrick Wiseman Interview on National Gallery: A Fascinating Behind-the-Scenes Journey (YouTube) 35'30" 28 april 2023

Twin Peaks The Return: Lost in Time- The Aesthetics of Slow Cinema (Omega Reviews)

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  Twin Peaks The Return: Lost in Time- The Aesthetics of Slow Cinema (Spoilers) Omega Reviews - 7 avril 2019 (YouTube) 34'10"

Carlos Reygadas | Intuitive Cinema (Approach)

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  Carlos Reygadas | Intuitive Cinema (YouTube) 7'49" (Approach) 15 Nov 2021

CCC FAQ #10 : Which Contemplative Cinema could children watch?

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Contemporary Contemplative Cinema Frequently Asked Questions #10 :  Which Contemplative Cinema could children watch? Minuscule, Valley of the Lost Ants (2013/GIRAUD/SZABO/FR) from 3 yold Breaktime (1972/KIAROSTAMI/Iran) from 4 yold Baraka (1992/FRICKE/USA) DOC from 5 yold My Brother Silk Road (2001/SARULU/Kyrgyzstan) from 5 yold The Adopted Son (1998/ABDYKALYKOV/Kyrgyzstan) from 5 yold Koyaanisqatsi (1982/REGGIO/USA) DOC from 6 yold The Experience (1973/KIAROSTAMI/Iran) from 6 yold Kelid / The Key (1987/FOROUZESH/Iran) from 6 yold Samsara (2011/FRICKE/USA) DOC from 7 yold Koza / Coccon (1995/CEYLAN/Turkey) from 7 yold Bal / Honey (2010/KAPLANOGLU/Turkey) from 8 yold Father and Daughter (2000/DUDOK DE WIT/Netherlands) Short Anim from 10 yold The Red Turtle (2016/DUDOK DE WIT/Belgium) from 13 yold Angel's Egg (1985/OSHII/Japan) from 15 yold Samsara Read also at Unspoken Cinema: Minuscule : la vallée des fourmis perdues Angel's Egg (1985/Oshii) All CCC FAQs  

Distant Cinema (Blaine Hensley) video essay

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  Distant Cinema - video essay (YouTube) 7'08" (Blaine Hensley) 27 Sept 2023