Alan
I think the idea of a slow film festival is great, in militant revolt
against short attention span cinema. It would start with Warhol's Sleep and
Empire, go via Wavelength obviously, and there must be lots of other gems. I
recall Larry Gottheim's Fogline and films by Peter Hutton, for example.
It would take in Tarkovsky, especially his 360 degree pan from Stalker, and
so on to Sokurov. Actually Russian Ark positively races along beside his
Spiritual Voices films. Antonioni would be in if only because he makes
(fairly) slow films about people with little to say for themselves. He could
have been slower, I sometimes think.
But not Bresson. No director packs more narrative into his shots. Pickpocket
is an 80-minute version of Crime and Punishment which is over 600 pages
long, but remains fair and honourable to it. Only Bresson cd have managed
it. Miss one shot from L'Argent and you risk losing the thread of the film.
Compare Warhol who felt that you could always turn away from his films and
they'd still be there when you turned back.
When is Manchester going to host this?
Tim Cawkwell
Norwich, UK
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