Some may consider 'Action Films' to be slow as many contain so little
to entertain the mind while bombarding the senses.
On 20/07/2007, at 4:42 AM, Henry Miller wrote:
>> Someone said "'slowness' needs thinking out." For a film
>> festival, I'm not
>> sure that it does. I think a whole range of films that may or may
>> not be
>> considered 'slow' should play at said festival - and the
>> spectators can
>> decide which is the 'best' slow film or the 'slowest' film - and
>> participating debaters might use this variety of films to come up
>> with
>> a/several 'theory/ies of slow' - rather than having it determined
>> in advance
>> for them...
>
> on the other side of town there could be a festival of 'thrillers'
> along the same lines, with spectators arguing the toss over what is
> and isn't 'thrilling'...
>
> On 7/19/07, William Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Someone said "'slowness' needs thinking out." For a film
>> festival, I'm not
>> sure that it does. I think a whole range of films that may or may
>> not be
>> considered 'slow' should play at said festival - and the
>> spectators can
>> decide which is the 'best' slow film or the 'slowest' film - and
>> participating debaters might use this variety of films to come up
>> with
>> a/several 'theory/ies of slow' - rather than having it determined
>> in advance
>> for them...
>>
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