Slow movies : countering the cinema of action /

"Slow Movies investigates movies by acclaimed directors who over the past three decades have challenged mainstream cinema's reliance on motion and action."--P. [4] of cover.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jaffe, Ira, 1943
Published: Wallflower Press,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "Slow Movies investigates movies by acclaimed directors who over the past three decades have challenged mainstream cinema's reliance on motion and action."--P. [4] of cover.
Carrier Form: v, 198 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780231169783 :
0231169787
9780231169790
0231169795
Index Number: PN1995
CLC: J905
Call Number: J905/J235
Contents: Deadpan : Stranger than paradise, Dead man and The second circle -- Stillness : Elephant and Mother and son -- Long shot : Distant and Climates -- Wait time : The death of Mr. Lazarescu, 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days and Safe -- Drift and resistance : Liverpool and Ossos -- Death-drive, life-drive : A talking picture, Taste of cherry, Five dedicated to Ozu and Still life -- Rebellion's limits : The Turin horse, Werckmeister harmonies and 12:08 east of Bucharest.