The Crushing Horror of Slow Cinema

Slow Cinema isn't just boring shots of trees and clouds, but instead an entire film language capable of profound and meaningful emotional impact. This video essay explores 2001: A Space Odyssey, Andrei Rublev, Jeanne Dielman, and The Seventh Continent as pieces of the slow cinema movement.

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Timestamps
0:00 -Part One: The Comfort of Stillness
6:37 -Part Two: What is Slow Cinema?
15:33 -Part Three: Andrei Rublev's Ringing Bell
22:57 -Part Four: Jeanne Dielman and the Claustrophobic March of Time
33:49 -Part Five The Seventh Continent and the Annihilation of Comfort