Low and Slow cinema

Here's two films I recommend for those trying to take it slow.
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[@user-eg6nv4cx7r]

May the algorithm be with you and your incredible work.

[@samjrankin]

Thanks so much, very nice.

[@yungarno3515]

It just appears on my KZbin homepage. I guess the algorithm is working now

[@samjrankin]

Bless!@@yungarno3515

[@giannhs8]

My favourite "low and slow" film would have to be Tarkovsky's Stalker. There's just something so special and meditative about it.

[@samjrankin]

Love this film. I'm going to have to do a part 2 and talk about it I reckon!

[@bautibonzini2835]

Chantal Akerman's cinema is so, so good. Really changed my perspective on the medium. The way she every moment rest... no hurries, not even forced entertainment -- In her movies it's ok to feel exhausted, or to get bored from time to time. It's like a different type of slow cinema, where you actually need to feel every second of it and make your conclusions about what you feel while watching the movie. I especially feel identified with what you say at the beginning, about sitting still. Maybe these movies give us what we are missing nowadays... how we constantly need to keep ourselves busy --- we aren't that far from Jeanne Dielman's character, lol, the only difference is that she's more calculated. If you are willing to give this type of slow cinema a chance, then you'll be provided with the silence we lack of nowadays. Great video too, I'm gonna check the other films you mentioned.

[@samjrankin]

Thanks friend! Wonderful thoughts.

[@LongLiveCinema]

We are silent witnesses to her quiet desperation What a line! 👏

[@samjrankin]

Thanks!

[@kraseidon]

Great video! I'm including a list of movies mentioned in the video just for reference so yall can add them to your watch list: Chantal Ackerman: 1) Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles Joana Hogg: 1) The Souvenir 2) The Souvenir II 3) The Eternal Daughter Honorable mentions at the start of the video: 1) Songs from the Second Floor 2) Days (2020) 3) Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 4) Memoria

[@samjrankin]

Oh thank you so much, I'm new ish to this and will definitley make sure to list the films in the description. What a gem!

[@oliverfrisby3427]

I’m Writer/Director, in my early stages as a filmmaker, watching your videos, reminds me of my passion for film. Thanks man

[@samjrankin]

Thanks dude!

[@filmcantdie]

This video is incredible and so inspirational! I really want to dive into low and slow cinema now.

[@jxomxo]

One of my favorite recent slow cinema discoveries is Landscape in the Mist, from 1988 by Theo Angelopoulos. Stylistically, it’s reminiscent of Dreyer and Tarkovsky, but it is a wholly unique and beautiful cinematic statement, using extremely elaborate long takes to guide us through each scene and emotional beat with total precision.

[@user-pn3mw7rx1s]

Maybe this movie isnt quite what you're talking about because its still got a pretty tense mystery its built around, but the 2018 movie Burning is really good, and its mostly just casual dialogue between characters with subtle hints about what might be going on.

[@samjrankin]

Ooh that's on my watch list, I'll bump it up to the top.

[@TheAlexcassun]

At risk of overhyping it, it's my favorite film of the decade.

[@portraitsofafilmmaker]

I'm a huge fan of a still frame and letting things develop at a pace more akin to life. It doesn't work for everyone or in every movie, but when it works it really washes over you and stays with you for quite some time. When I watched Memoria, it almost made me uncomfortable with how long it would linger on a shot. But over the duration of the film, you get used to this pace and all of a sudden you get lulled in by the atmosphere and notice the tiniest details in the frame. A little surprised by the choice to include The Souvenir here, as I actually think the scenes cut rather quickly from location to location and from moment to moment. But this was a dope video nonetheless!

[@hamburgareable]

I love arthouse movies. ❤

[@RebornOVictim]

Not showing, what’s in the characters mind clear gives me a fresh & breezy look; like some sort of white-noise calm vibes🤤.

[@edwardromero3580]

I'm glad I stumbled on your video. Two film makers that I was completely unaware of. I'll have to check them out. Cheers!

[@samjrankin]

Thank you! Joanna Hogg is very special in particular.

[@isabelleg8956]

the film Fittcarraldo (1982) by the great German director Werner Herzog does this excellently. The film moves with the same slow momentum of actual life, as we follow an incongruous steam ship and passengers down the amazon river, on a quest to spread opera to the deepest parts of peruvian rainforest. as an onlooker, you feel apart of the motion, you feel as though you have entered the surreal universe of the film itself, as though you are one of the crew-members. it alters your perception of time, allowing nights to pass seamlessly into day, as though you have rested. I love it and would recommend to those who like to move along the narrative in real-time. So much attention to detail is paid; the film really sticks with you.

[@Komodo4892]

Stalker !

[@samjrankin]

Absolutely- if I get a chance to do part 2, I'll focus on that for sure!!

[@barrymoore4470]

Yes, this was the title I was thinking to cite as well, a film so deliberate and unhurried in its pacing that it becomes hypnotic.

[@prasanthmenon8521]

Amazing video, I hope this channel grows and gets the attention it deserves. Cheers!

[@samjrankin]

Thanks so much!

[@briansinger5258]

I like The Rock and I like weird, slow, artistic films.

[@samjrankin]

If we're talking the Nic Cage blockbuster the Rock, then hell yes!

[@maymay1566]

That last shot is very reminiscent of Girl with a Pearl Earring.

[@samjrankin]

Suuuuper great connection there - two young women trying to figure out themselves in their own worlds!

[@Moltrosity]

I knew i recognised a fellow aussie, good shit man. Subbed.

[@samjrankin]

G'day cobber, thanks!

[@lolaquafleur]

maybe jim jarmusch's only lovers left alive

[@samjrankin]

Yeah I loved that film, reckon it's time for a rewatch!

[@yungarno3515]

My favorite slow cinema director is named Bi Gan. His two films Kaili Blues and Long Day's journey into night are two masterpieces (in my opinion)

[@lamontkhoza2856]

Long Days Journey Into Night

[@samjrankin]

Nice, I'll have to look that one up!

[@pedoncule1419]

I don't know if you can consider this what you call "Low and slow" but i love "The naked island" from Kanedo Shindo, but the cuts aren't as completely still as some examples on the video (because yeah its not really clear) so to name one iwould say "GoodBye dragon Inn". Good subject overall, thanks

[@maniacbanana9431]

aftersun, i thought it was so boring and then the last scene happened and i couldnt stop sobbing

[@samjrankin]

Holy moly I love when a movie does that. It sounds like it was working it's way into your heart and you dind't even know it until the last scene.

[@maniacbanana9431]

@@samjrankin absolutely. it snuck its way in!

[@redsol3629]

Makes me think of the film Patterson. there is a secret here, in the almost quiet. The wind moving leaves.

[@ellielikesmath]

i seem to recall 8 1/2 was like that, but it's been like 20 years since ive seen it

[@samjrankin]

That's a huge blindspot for me, Ill have to catch up.

[@Lord_Heron]

8 1/2 is similar in that it does not explain everything and lets the audience make up their own minds about meaning, and it is also a fairly long film, but it is not slow, it is a very busy film, busy, busy busy, but excellent.

[@corei_]

i love your channel! i recommend bleak night by yung soon-hyun, 2010. i read somewhere that it was his directorial debut. ITS AWESOME. it's slow paced and builds up till the end. its about three bestfriends, who have an imperfect friendship. one of them commits suicide and his grieving father tries to reach out and find out why he died. the colours, the aesthetic, the plot everything about it is indeed bleak, but also amazing. its so well done, i can't love it enough. my all time favourite. please do a video on it 🙆‼️

[@samjrankin]

Thanks so much! I've added it to my watch list. I reckon I'll need to to a part 2!! Have a great day.

[@sidneysmith3933]

fav low and slow-enternal sunshine of the spotless mind ❤️‍🩹

[@ringray]

only 117 subscribers??? you deserve so much more attention

[@samjrankin]

Thanks so much! It's nice to know I'm on the right track.

[@lucinematic]

Thank you for the video! And I am grateful to a YT algorithm for showing me this. I needed exactly that. To see filmmaking from a different perspective

[@samjrankin]

Thanks so much - the algoruthm has been kind!!

[@aubreyplazasuncle]

in my opinion slow cinema is always lovely when it builds up to something or has something new and refreshing to say. otherwise i just feel like it's a complete waste of time, especially when the acting is great and the shots are beautiful. i feel like that's such a waste of time and talent

[@samjrankin]

I think walking that fine line is such a balancing act, agree!

[@luckyyoufilms]

Thanks for sharing the slow films, that can sometimes push you emotionally! We did one in the mood of Rope…it’s call The Last Passport. We have been blown away by how folks love the different pace. Thanks again.

[@Mandibularmenace]

I feel like Bela Tarr also deserves a shout out. His films are oppressively bleak, and the slow nature of them really hammers that feeling in.

[@samjrankin]

Yeah absoutley. I think a part 2 will centre a lot more from pioneer filmmakers like Tarr.

[@eliaszk-d9246]

You should really check out The Plains by David Easteal. Maybe one of the best slow cinema films from recent years and directed by a Melbourne based director. Great video btw!

[@samjrankin]

I just watched the trailer, and am very intrigued. Thanks so much for the recc, appreciate ya!

[@mongolica548]

Nostalghia 1983

[@samjrankin]

Definitley on my list for part 2!

[@ashutoshchandra8705]

I love how Noah Baumbach tells stories. My favorit slow movie of his is the Meyerowitz Stories. It is not as dramatic as say, Marriage Story which is a great movie in its own right. But Meyerowitz is something else. I play it often when I need to be in my room and do chores.

[@KayButtonJay]

My favorite slow movie is Oslo, August 31st. I think it's brilliant and deeply empathetic

[@samjrankin]

Looks very interesting, will check it out!

[@michaelgove9349]

Low & Slow Xtreme might be _Wavelength_ by Michael Snow. 👍

[@samjrankin]

Ooh thanks for the recc, will check it out!

[@barrymoore4470]

@@samjrankin 'Wavelength' is a classic of the structuralist strain of experimental filmmaking that developed primarily in the U.S. and to some extent in Britain in the Sixties and Seventies. It was made and premiered in 1967, so was one of the very first of this type of production. I find it excruciating to sit through, not because of its duration and unusual conceptual design, but because of the electronic soundtrack which rises to truly uncomfortable levels during the film's progression. Michael Snow, incidentally, was Canadian, but filmed 'Wavelength' in New York.

[@pedrorocha9722]

Sharunas Bartas (Few of Us), Mother and son, by Aleksandr Sokurov

[@matdogd]

your channel is a gem. Loved the video

[@samjrankin]

Thanks so much!

[@ZZTX]

I do love some Tsai Ming-Liang - I did a personal double-feature of the King Hu classic Dragon Inn (definitely *not* in this style) and Tsai Ming-Liang's Goodbye, Dragon Inn. I recommend you try that sometime. And you reminded me that I have a copy of Days I need to make time for!

[@samjrankin]

Oh I just re watched the trailer for Goodbye, Dragon, and I can't WAIT to watch it again - Thanks for the recc!

[@user-vk8xm4vv1v]

anti micheal-bay films is fairly accurate although, micheal bay does not deserve to be mentioned that much without mentioning that he does not deserve to be mentioned that much. and that is too much effort after all. so slow movie it is.

[@henningdrechsler6806]

Molière - Arianne Mnouchkine(?) 1970s (5h)

[@ferouihamza]

nice video man, keep going

[@akaisenpaitsubakihiganbana6706]

BELA TAAR'S MOVIES,. i.e, SATANTANGO, TURIN HORSE , MAN FROM LONDON etc.

[@Simii]

Great video!

[@moeezS]

Lav Diaz is one of my favourites, and I can highly recommend Norte The End Of History. Novel-like, inspired by Dostoevsky, but especially how he lets life happen on screen in the most uncomfortable situations.

[@somedeerboi]

I wonder if you might like Kelly Reichardt’s movies. A lot of her films are considered slow cinema. I haven’t seen anything else than this, but Certain Women (2016) was a fantastic movie and a great example of slow cinema.

[@samjrankin]

I've only just gotten to know Kelly Richard's work - I watched First Cow recently and loved it, it was so tender and funny. Definitely will check out Certain Women next.

[@tayojb]

you should watch the film still life it's fantastic

[@samjrankin]

Thanks, it's on my watch list now!

[@rafaelfranco5193]

Great video! Missing: Pedro Costa’s films🇵🇹 An elephant sitting still😢 Tarkovsky

[@samjrankin]

Thanks so much! Yeah so many more to check out, which Tarkovsky is your favoutite?

[@naeemashaari]

i love watching early works of Bong Joon-Ho like Mother and Memories of Murder !

[@samjrankin]

Mother is one of my favourite films ever!

[@MorphingReality]

interesting stuff, and more to watch :)

[@sunglance]

The Assassin 2015 👌🏻

[@TenHeadedSkeleton]

Bela Tarr

[@maryamadegbite7585]

love ur editing style

[@samjrankin]

Thanks so much!

[@timsmythfilmsandanimations]

Are you sure you have seen these films? It could just be a mistake, but you mentioned Chantal Akerman;s first feature Jeanne Dielman etc, when Je Tu Il Elle is 1 hour and 26 minutes long, and came out the year before. Interesting video other than that.

[@samjrankin]

Yeah that's my mistake! I hand't seen it and in my research believed it was a short film, not a feature length film. Thanks for the catch!

[@timsmythfilmsandanimations]

@@samjrankin I figured that was the case. I haven't seen it either, but I looked it up at imdb. Anyway, thanks for letting me know about a bunch of films I have never heard of.

[@local9animations144]

Great video, but did you just do a video on slow cinema without naming Béla Tarr.

[@samjrankin]

I think I did, sounds like a blind spot! Thanks, I’ll check him out for sure!

[@MA-go7ee]

Good video, even though I completely disagree with just about everything in it. This type of cinema is the preserve of those who don't have the talent to make something compelling and then call it avant garde to hide that failure.

[@samjrankin]

Definitley a lot of people feel the same way, thanks for getting involved!

[@marcogianesello6083]

1) nobody calls slow cinema avant garde. It has existed long before you did. 2) Define compelling. You are arbitrarily defining the whole principle as not compelling, and then retro-engineering insinuations about the thought process of people making such things to justify your own perspective when you haven't even bothered developing one. It's just arrogance poorly disguised as criticism.

[@karlhungus5554]

I'm all for anti-Michael Bay films. I'm so tired of the virtually endless river of sewage pouring out of Hollywood in the U.S. with superheros and numerous sequels. I'm being a bit harsh, I realize, as there are still some good films being made, but they are certainly the exception. I want a film that makes me think and feel, rather than trying to numb my brain with dazzling special effects.

[@samjrankin]

It’s always to mix things up, and these films are a wonderful cinema reset!

[@samartzhere]

What is slow cinema??

[@m-l-3456]

I really like what you got to say but it's hard to hear it. Great video over all but please adjust the sound mixing next time.

[@samjrankin]

Thank you! Was the music a bit too loud? Sorry bout that, it sounded fine in premiere , but yes will adjust next time !

[@monosTVsports]

Where can we check out her movies?

[@samjrankin]

If you're talking about Joanna Hogg, the Souveneir part one and two is streamin on Apple movie/ Google Play.

[@waxcpc]

What I like about low and slow cinema is that it gives me great ASMR tingles.

[@samjrankin]

Memoria, especially they country scenes near the river, is ASMR heaven.

[@pranav_sh25]

Can We get a list of all these films?

[@kraseidon]

Chantal Ackerman: 1) Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles Joana Hogg: 1) The Souvenir 2) The Souvenir II 3) The Eternal Daughter Honorable mentions at the start of the video: 1) Songs from the Second Floor 2) Days (2020) 3) Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 4) Memoria

[@samjrankin]

Aboslute champion move, thanks !

[@monktv4090]

Ozu….you forgot Ozu and Andrew Bujalski

[@samjrankin]

Totally - I realise I need to make a part 2 and focus on Ozu a lot, one of the greats of slow cinema!

[@blakereals]

What's the song in the background?

[@samjrankin]

Society's Dream by Mini Vandals - one of the ace KZbin music tracks provided!

[@OtesOtesOtes]

Ironically you talked a lot this video

[@jmdi2703]

Slow cinema is most the easy and lazy method of filming and yet for the critics this is most artistic film genre. This is complete nonsense. And you, film video essay makers youtubers, you didn't care about this movie by Chantel Akerman. Until it was chosen as the "best movie" All of a sudden, all movie youtubers started to commemorate this movie. You're making me nauseous! Because you have no opinions and tastes of your own!

[@samjrankin]

I was defintiely made aware of Jeanne from the Sight and Sound poll, so yeah, I guess jumping on the bandwagon a bit! I'm very happy to have my opionion and tastes changed and challanged all the time - I still feel a little wide eyed when it comes to cinema, and really appreciate that there's so many films and filmmakers to discover. Thanks for giving your opinion, I appreciate all sides to films like these and appreciate your input.

[@jmdi2703]

@@samjrankin Thanks this honest answer dude. 😅

[@marcogianesello6083]

"Slow cinema is the most easy and lazy method of filming". Already you are 1) Insinuating that simplicity equals laziness and that that's the reason why people do or don't do things a certain way just because that's easier for you than having actual arguments 2) Equating simplicity with lack if craftmanship, which is an entirely puerile view that making things more elaborate and showy equals a better, more poignant or purposeful result, when it's actually the complete opposite. Also that logic, or lack there of, implodes the moment you think about it for like five seconds, which you clearly didn't do. 3) "For the critics it's the most artistic genre". No one even said that, and if someone did, I'm willing to bet thet'd have far better reasons than yours for why it's not. As for the rest, maybe people did start getting interested in a current for newfound academic recognition. So what? that's bad because that means their opinion are not genuine? Why? Because yours is? God forbid someone wants about widening their taste, much better to pull out great arguments such as yours? Yeah, nauseous all right

[@thaaabs_]

ccok

[@yhvhsaves5197]

Life is too short for this kind of garbage.

[@Profit974]

Great video!

[@samjrankin]

Cheers!

[@djzipster147]

Great video!

[@samjrankin]

Thanks mate!