Slow Films and Life (Liminal Movie Project)

 

What Slow Films Teach Us About Life (YouTube) 4'17"
(Liminal Movie Project) 26 Oct 2025

"In a world of speed and distraction, slow cinema dares to take its time, to let life unfurl at its natural rhythm. From Tarkovsky’s long takes to Chantal Akerman’s stasis, from Béla Tarr’s endless rain to Wong Kar-wai’s yearning pauses — these directors are asking us not to see time pass but to feel it unfold.

This essay examines how slow cinema transforms silence into emotion, stasis into animation, boredom into revelation. This outburst isn’t about story — it’s about presence. About the bits between the bits that give life its cinematic quality.

If you’ve ever been told that “nothing happens” in a movie, this video is for you."