HarryTuttle / Benoit Rouilly writings at Unspoken Cinema

DEFINING (CCC) CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPLATIVE CINEMA

• Slowness is a spectrum 29/09/2024 - ENGLISH
• MARGINS: On The Side Line of Contemplative Cinema 25/09/2024 - ENGLISH
• Contemplative World Map 01/09/2024 - ENGLISH
• Slow Cinemas or Contemplative Cinema (Venn Diagram) 28/08/2024 - ENGLISH
• Total Contemplative Cinema Publications (2005-2024) 20/08/2024 - ENGLISH
• Slow Cinemas Analysis (diagram) 08/08/2024 - ENGLISH
• Contemplative Core and Tectonic Plates 01/08/2024 - ENGLISH
• CCC Auteurs Citations in Corpus 2004-2023 29/07/2024 - ENGLISH
• CCC FAQ #6 : What are the main features of Contemplative Cinema? 04/11/2023 - ENGLISH
• Slowest Racing For Contemplative Cinema 22/10/2023 - ENGLISH
• Préambule (Mon cinéma contemplatif) 12/01/2023 - FRANÇAIS
• CCC Généalogie (1960-2021) 11/09/2021 - FRANÇAIS
• Various possible contemplative "genres" 15/04/2011 - ENGLISH
• Sabouraud a minima (1-2-3) 25-30/10/10 - FRANÇAIS
• Meditation vs Contemplation 27/08/10 -  ENGLISH
• Meditation mode? (bore) 29/07/10 -  ENGLISH
• To cut or not to cut... (Klinger/Rousseau) 24/07/10 - ENGLISH
• Oversparse 30/06/10 - ENGLISH
• The Root of Mutism 9/01/2008 - ENGLISH
• Fiant on Contemporary Mutic Cinema 13/01/2008 - ENGLISH
• Romney on the Contemplative Trend 14/01/2008 - ENGLISH
• CCC Auteurs Directory 19/02/2008 - ENGLISH
• CCC gimmick exceptions 12/10/2008 - ENGLISH
• Disclaimer (HarryTuttle) 21/01/2007 ENGLISH
• Technical (Minimal) Profile (HarryTuttle) 18/01/2007 ENGLISH
• Average Shot Length (HarryTuttle) 16/01/2007 ENGLISH

2010-11 SLOW CINEMA CONTROVERSY

• SLOW AWARDS (James' Fault Line) 05/12/2023 - ENGLISH
• The Post-Tarkovskian bandwagon (Pigott) 12/08/2011 - ENGLISH
• Slow Parody (Sight&Sound) 20/08/2011 - ENGLISH
• Re-dramatization of the un-dramatic 19/03/2011 - ENGLISH
• Dan Kois Syndrome (Proud Boredom) - Dan Kois Syndrome 2 - Dan Kois Syndrome 3 6/06/2011 - ENGLISH
• Wasted time (Romney) 5/01/2011 - ENGLISH
• Being Cassandra (Nick James 2) 23/07/10  - ENGLISH
• Passive-aggressive (Frieze) 25/05/10 - ENGLISH 
• Le conformisme lent (Lavallée) 24/05/10 - FRANÇAIS 
• "Boring" is not a critical argument 23/05/10 - ENGLISH 
• Reject-oriented antilogy (Shaviro) 13/05/10  - ENGLISH
• Slowish Obsession, ter 13/05/10  - ENGLISH
• Slow films, easy life (Sight and Sound) 12/05/10 - ENGLISH 
• Slower or Contemplative? 17/03/10 - ENGLISH

ILLUSTRATIONS

• Ma bibliothèque contemplative 2024 15/10/2024
• Contemplative Quartet 11/10/2024
• Slowness is a Spectrum 29/09/2024
• Contemplative World Map 01/09/2024
• Slow Cinemas or Contemplative Cinema (Venn Diagram) 28/08/2024
• Wordcloud: Contemplative Authors 24/08/2024
• Total Contemplative Cinema Publications (2005-2024) 20/08/2024
• Unspoken Posters (5): Naked Island 28/02/2025
• Unspoken Posters (4): Empire 21/10/2024
• Unspoken Posters (3): Satantango 17/09/2024
• Unspoken Posters (2): Jeanne Dielman 17/08/2024
• Unspoken Posters (1): Days 10/08/2024
• Slow Cinemas Analysis (diagram) 08/08/2024
• Contemplative Core and Tectonic Plates 01/08/2024
• CCC Auteurs Citations in Corpus 2004-2023 29/07/2024
• Cinema Generations (infographics) 30/05/2024
• Contemplative Auteurs Poster (Lisandro ALONSO) 05/09/2024
• Contemplative Auteurs Poster (Chantal AKERMAN) 13/08/2024
• Contemplative Auteurs Poster (Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL) 25/05/2024
• Contemplative Auteurs Poster (WANG Bing) 23/05/2024
• Contemplative Auteurs Poster (TSAI Ming-Liang) 21/05/2024
• Landmark Contemplative Films 2024 17/05/2024
• CCC Généalogie (1960-2021) 11/09/2021 - FRANÇAIS
• Courbe de population CCC 1960-2019 28/09/2021
• CCC 1967-2020 by auteur 06/06/2020
• Comparative Duration in WISEMAN's oeuvre 31/12/2023
• Comparative Duration in WANG Bing's oeuvre 29/09/2019
• Comparative Duration in Lav DIAZ's oeuvre 09/10/2019
• CCC Masters : Abbas Kiarostami 10/04/2018
• CCC Masters : Tsai Ming-Liang 11/04/2018
• CCC Masters : Wang Bing 12/04/2018
• CCC Masters : Apichatpong Weerasethakul 13//04/2018
• CCC Masters : Aleksandr Sokurov 16/04/2018
• CCC Masters : Abderrhamane Sissako 17/04/2018
• CCC Masters : Albert Serra 21/04/2018
• CCC Masters : Sergei Loznitsa 23/04/2018
• Durational Cinema Map (from Schrader's) 05/07/2018
• CCC or Not ? 08/03/2013
• Losing the ability to contemplate art for itself 05/04/2011 / Losing the ability to contemplate nature for itself 28/08/2011
• Amusement arc 01/10/2011
• To America everything foreign is SLOW 17/07/2011
• Starting from basics all over again 24/03/2011
• Average Shot Length in CCC 13/06/2010
• Ruptures esthétiques (1-2) 12/06/2010
• Stasis films 3 (behaviourist) CCC 10/10/2010
• Stasis films 2 (landscape) 01/10/2010 
• Stasis films 1 (conceptual) 11/09/2010 
• Tentative Genealogy (HarryTuttle) 24/01/2007 ENGLISH
• Updated Genealogy Chart (HarryTuttle) 26/11/2007

FILM REVIEWS

• Dahomet (Mati DIOP) X Les statues meurent aussi (MARKER/RESNAIS)
• À la folie (WANG Bing) critique FRANÇAIS
• Perfect Days (Wenders) review ENGLISH
• Menus-Plaisirs (Wiseman) review  - ENGLISH
• The Man With No Name (2009) WANG Bing  - ENGLISH
• A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces (2021) by Shengze ZHU - 3 continents - ENGLISH
• Nasumice / Adrift (2018) Caleb Burdeau  - ENGLISH
• Azul el mar (2019) Sabrina Moreno - ENGLISH
• Pedro (2021) by Natesh HEGDE - 3 continents - ENGLISH
• An Elephant Sitting Still (2018/HU Bo/China) / Spoiler Territory (An Elephant Sitting Still) / Contrechamp interdit (An Elephant Sitting Still)  - ENGLISH
• On a Dirt Road (Contemplative video) - ENGLISH
• Rooftop Under Construction (Contemplative video) - ENGLISH
• Sidewalk Exterior-Night (Contemplative video) - ENGLISH
• Oyster Factory (2015/Kazuhiro SODA/Japan-USA) - ENGLISH
• Inland Sea (2018/Kazuhiro SODA/Japan-USA) - ENGLISH
• Angel's Egg (1985/Oshii) - ENGLISH
• Makala (2017/Emmanuel Gras) - ENGLISH
• Quattro Volte (critique contemplative) 1 - Quattro Volte (critique contemplative) 2 - Quattro Volte (critique contemplative) 3 - Quattro Volte (critique contemplative) 4 - Quattro volte (critique contemplative) 5 - FRANÇAIS
• Los Bastardos (HarryTuttle) - FRANÇAIS
• Raya Martin in Cannes 08 / Now Showing / Now Showing (3) (HarryTuttle) - ENGLISH
• Là-bas / Over There: Documenting Contemplation (HarryTuttle) 14/01/2007 ENGLISH
• Afternoon Times (2005/Boonsinsukh) (HarryTuttle) 29/09/2007 ENGLISH
• Fantasma (2006/Alonso) (HarryTuttle at Screenville) 4/06/2006 ENGLISH
• The Wayward Cloud 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 (HarryTuttle at Screenville) 26/12/2005 ENGLISH
• The Brown Bunny (HarryTuttle at Screenville) 2004 ENGLISH
• Songs From The Second Floor (HarryTuttle at Screenville) ENGLISH
• Le moindre geste / The least Gesture (Deligny) (HarryTuttle at Screenville) - ENGLISH

INTERVIEWS By Benoit Rouilly

• Interview with Chie HAYAKAWA on her debut feature : Plan 75 (2022) - ENGLISH
• Interview With Caleb Burdeau, auteur of NASUMICE - ENGLISH
• Interview with Sabrina Moreno (Azul el mar)  - ENGLISH
• Natesh HEGDE interview for Pedro (2021) - 3 continents - ENGLISH
• Interview with Observational Filmmakers Kazuhiro SODA & Kiyoko KASHIWAGI - ENGLISH

Contemporary Contemplative Cinema Frequently Asked Questions:

1. CCC FAQ #1 : What does CCC mean?
2. CCC FAQ #2 : What is Contemplative Cinema?
3. CCC FAQ #3 : What makes a film 'contemplative'?
4. CCC FAQ #4 : Where does Contemplative Cinema come from?
5. CCC FAQ #5 : When did Contemplative Cinema actually begin?
6. CCC FAQ #6 : What are the main features of Contemplative Cinema?
7. CCC FAQ #7 : Who are the iconic directors of Contemplative Cinema?
8. CCC FAQ #8 : Where to start with Contemplative Cinema?
9. CCC FAQ #9 : How should I approach watching a contemplative film?
10. CCC FAQ #10 : Which Contemplative Cinema could children watch?
11. CCC FAQ #11 : What if I'm lost on the Unspoken Cinema blog?

CITATIONS & COMMENTS

• "Asian Minimalism" (Bordwell) (HarryTuttle) 27/08/2012
• Satantango by Rosenbaum (HarryTuttle) 30/10/2007
• Béla Tarr by David Bordwell (HarryTuttle) 3/10/2007
• Non Narrative Film Criticism (HarryTuttle) 19/12/2007

OTHERS

• More Like This (1): Gerry 25/02/2025
• Best of 2024 (Benoit Rouilly) 31/01/2025
• Why Jeanne Dielman is Best Film of All Time? 30/12/2022 - ENGLISH
• My 2022 Top20 CCC Canon 28/12/2022 - ENGLISH
• My CCC Top10 Canon 21/08/2012 - ENGLISH
• Who said Contemplation was slow? (time-lapse) 20/10/10  - ENGLISH
• Non-diegetic countershot (audience) 30/08/10  - ENGLISH
• Longest slices of life 20/07/10  - ENGLISH
• Paradigmes historiques du classicisme 04/07/10 - FRANÇAIS
• Gus Van Sant on Béla Tarr (HarryTuttle) 14/01/2007 ENGLISH