Slow Cinema

by Tiago de Luca

Book Overview

In the context of a frantic world that celebrates instantaneity and speed, a number of cinemas steeped in contemplation, silence and duration have garnered significant critical attention in recent years, thus resonating with a larger sociocultural movement whose aim is to rescue extended temporal structures from the accelerated tempo of late-capitalism. Although not part of a structured film movement, directors such as Carlos Reygadas, Tsai Ming-liang,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748696040
• ISBN13: 9780748696048
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"