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Sátántangó - Closing The Circle (The STACKS)

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  Sátántangó - Closing The Circle (YouTube) 1h01'17" The STACKS (15 Nov 2022) There's much more to Sátántangó than its length. This faithful adaptation of László Krasznahorkai's novel is both literary in scope and cinematic in expression. In this video, Stephen explores its ideas and repetitions, contextualising it inside of the filmmaker's wider filmography.  Written and recorded by Stephen Gillespie Byrning Editing and music by Jack Davenport
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CCC FAQ #11 : What if I am lost on the Unspoken Cinema blog?

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Contemporary Contemplative Cinema Frequently Asked Questions #11: What if I am lost on the Unspoken Cinema blog ? No worries. Follow this simple guide. Unspoken Cinema is a blog dedicated to the studies of the Contemplative Cinema aesthetics. I post my thoughts on Contemplative Cinema, my researches and findings, some film reviews or interviews of mine. Also I cite other authors speaking about it, or video interviews and masterclasses of CCC auteurs. And more and more recently video-essays made by film students and academics since it is in fashion nowadays. On this blog, there are Films Recommandations which lists all the films deemed to belong to this family, year by year since 1960. And the comments section there is open for more recommendations by the readers. There is a virtual Library which lists all the Books published on this very subject since 2005, as well as the Monographs on individual CCC auteurs, the Periodics, the Theses written by film students on this topic, and the a
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SLOW AWARDS (James' Fault line)

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Almost 14 years since the eruption of the "Slow Cinema" controversy, by Nick James (no longer editor in chief since 2019) at Sight&Sound. Do you remember? (as a reminder, see Slow films, easy life , my most viewed and cited article to date)... let's take a look at the situation a decade and a half down the line. The film that sparked James' pouting was Bal / Honey (2010 by Kaplanoglu), which had just won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale. The straw that broke the camel's back. He, and many alike, had enough of this "slow cinema" and its "mannerisms"!  I tracked back the awards won (top awards in bold) by films that could be considered "slowish" in the 3 major festivals (Cannes, Venice, Berlin), and I made a distinction between true "Contemplative Cinema" (CCC), and the rest. Basicaly, the main difference is using dialogues as a narrative device, or not. Truly enough, if we consider awards granted before 2010, there is in
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