I love this unauthorized #documentary of the #sfba #BART system, featuring beautiful golden-hour footage from a surreptitiously-attached GoPro on the front of the train, which hitched a ride from SFO to Pittsburg.

The documentary features voices from interesting people from BART’s past and present. I learned a lot about how the system came about, and how it’s run.

The ride is accompanied by the lovely, analog synth-heavy soundtrack of the game Manifold Garden, which invokes an ethereal, futuristic, Blade Runner esthetic as you glide in the first person point of view through tunnels, bridges, and open air, always following the silver tracks ahead.

Kudos to Vincent Woo for this movie. It’s breathtaking. Watch it on your 4K TV.

#massTransit #transit #slowCinema #futurism #railroad #lightRail #publicTransit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Jrp6it9Ss

Finally watched Jeanne Dielman (1975). I loved it, and wouldn't hesitate to call it a masterpiece, but approach with caution unless you have the patience for *radically* slow avant-garde films

Here's a short introduction from writer–director Chantal Akerman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY59Ph2L0N0
#movies #film #cinemastodon #JeanneDielman #ChantalAkerman #ExperimentalFilm #FeministFilm #CultMovies #SlowCinema

#velvetspoon #horror #slowcinema #FoundFootage #scarymovies

#velvetspoon #horror #slowcinema #FoundFootage #scary

Just seen the wonderful film Hamam on #MUBi. What a declaration of love to the city of #Istanbul captured in beautiful images and sounds. A small discovery and highly recommended for friends of #SlowCinema.

#FilmBubble #filmastodon #CineMastodon #MastoMovie #TurkishBaths #QueerCinema

There is no director who puts our human condition as adequately (and as sarcastic) on the screen as Roy Andersson from Sweden. His "Living" trilogy, which includes "A pigeon sat on a branch reflecting on existence" (Golden Lion at Venice International Film Festival), is so rich in its exploration of what it means to be human today. Andersson's films are simple, minimalist even, but it's this simplicity that lays bare the multiple layers of our lives. #film #cinema #SlowCinema #time #human

When I left Facebook and Instagram in early 2020, I lost most of my readers and supporters. My audience dropped by up to 15k monthly. Having left Twitter now too, I feel as if I'm losing 10 years of hard work in film criticism right when I started to publish my first books. I have to start from scratch. If you can, please boost and follow. Thank you! ❤️ #film #cinema #SlowCinema #review #arthouse #worldcinema #freelance #filmcriticism

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Dr Nadin Mai is a film critic and writer about film and cinema, especially "slow cinema" where a film proceeds slowly and meditatively. You can follow at:

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You can find out more about slow cinema on Mai's website at https://theartsofslowcinema.com, and they also have a personal site at https://nadinmai.com

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