Here's two films I recommend for those trying to take it slow. #film #cinema #videoessay References - • Under the Influence: I... www.youtube.co... • Chantal Akerman on JEA...
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@user-eg6nv4cx7r Жыл бұрын
May the algorithm be with you and your incredible work.
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, very nice.
@yungarno351511 ай бұрын
It just appears on my KZbin homepage. I guess the algorithm is working now
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
Bless!@@yungarno3515
@giannhs810 ай бұрын
My favourite "low and slow" film would have to be Tarkovsky's Stalker. There's just something so special and meditative about it.
@samjrankin10 ай бұрын
Love this film. I'm going to have to do a part 2 and talk about it I reckon!
@bautibonzini2835 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Thanks friend! Wonderful thoughts.
@LongLiveCinema Жыл бұрын
We are silent witnesses to her quiet desperation What a line! 👏
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@kraseidon Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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!
@oliverfrisby342710 ай бұрын
I’m Writer/Director, in my early stages as a filmmaker, watching your videos, reminds me of my passion for film. Thanks man
@samjrankin6 ай бұрын
Thanks dude!
@filmcantdie6 ай бұрын
This video is incredible and so inspirational! I really want to dive into low and slow cinema now.
@jxomxo5 ай бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Ooh that's on my watch list, I'll bump it up to the top.
@TheAlexcassun10 ай бұрын
At risk of overhyping it, it's my favorite film of the decade.
@portraitsofafilmmaker Жыл бұрын
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!
@hamburgareable10 ай бұрын
I love arthouse movies. ❤
@RebornOVictim Жыл бұрын
Not showing, what’s in the characters mind clear gives me a fresh & breezy look; like some sort of white-noise calm vibes🤤.
@edwardromero3580 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Joanna Hogg is very special in particular.
@isabelleg895611 ай бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Stalker !
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
Absolutely- if I get a chance to do part 2, I'll focus on that for sure!!
@barrymoore447011 ай бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Amazing video, I hope this channel grows and gets the attention it deserves. Cheers!
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@briansinger525811 ай бұрын
I like The Rock and I like weird, slow, artistic films.
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
If we're talking the Nic Cage blockbuster the Rock, then hell yes!
@maymay1566 Жыл бұрын
That last shot is very reminiscent of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
Suuuuper great connection there - two young women trying to figure out themselves in their own worlds!
@Moltrosity10 ай бұрын
I knew i recognised a fellow aussie, good shit man. Subbed.
@samjrankin10 ай бұрын
G'day cobber, thanks!
@lolaquafleur11 ай бұрын
maybe jim jarmusch's only lovers left alive
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
Yeah I loved that film, reckon it's time for a rewatch!
@yungarno351511 ай бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Long Days Journey Into Night
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
Nice, I'll have to look that one up!
@pedoncule14199 ай бұрын
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
@maniacbanana943110 ай бұрын
aftersun, i thought it was so boring and then the last scene happened and i couldnt stop sobbing
@samjrankin10 ай бұрын
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.
@maniacbanana943110 ай бұрын
@@samjrankin absolutely. it snuck its way in!
@redsol362910 ай бұрын
Makes me think of the film Patterson. there is a secret here, in the almost quiet. The wind moving leaves.
@ellielikesmath Жыл бұрын
i seem to recall 8 1/2 was like that, but it's been like 20 years since ive seen it
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
That's a huge blindspot for me, Ill have to catch up.
@Lord_Heron11 ай бұрын
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_11 ай бұрын
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 🙆‼️
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
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.
@sidneysmith393311 ай бұрын
fav low and slow-enternal sunshine of the spotless mind ❤️🩹
@ringray Жыл бұрын
only 117 subscribers??? you deserve so much more attention
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! It's nice to know I'm on the right track.
@lucinematic11 ай бұрын
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
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
Thanks so much - the algoruthm has been kind!!
@aubreyplazasuncle Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I think walking that fine line is such a balancing act, agree!
@luckyyoufilms11 ай бұрын
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.
@Mandibularmenace10 ай бұрын
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.
@samjrankin10 ай бұрын
Yeah absoutley. I think a part 2 will centre a lot more from pioneer filmmakers like Tarr.
@eliaszk-d924611 ай бұрын
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!
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
I just watched the trailer, and am very intrigued. Thanks so much for the recc, appreciate ya!
@mongolica54811 ай бұрын
Nostalghia 1983
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
Definitley on my list for part 2!
@ashutoshchandra870511 ай бұрын
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.
@KayButtonJay11 ай бұрын
My favorite slow movie is Oslo, August 31st. I think it's brilliant and deeply empathetic
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
Looks very interesting, will check it out!
@michaelgove9349 Жыл бұрын
Low & Slow Xtreme might be _Wavelength_ by Michael Snow. 👍
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
Ooh thanks for the recc, will check it out!
@barrymoore447011 ай бұрын
@@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.
@pedrorocha972211 ай бұрын
Sharunas Bartas (Few of Us), Mother and son, by Aleksandr Sokurov
@matdogd11 ай бұрын
your channel is a gem. Loved the video
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@ZZTX Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Oh I just re watched the trailer for Goodbye, Dragon, and I can't WAIT to watch it again - Thanks for the recc!
@user-vk8xm4vv1v11 ай бұрын
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.
@henningdrechsler680610 ай бұрын
Molière - Arianne Mnouchkine(?) 1970s (5h)
@ferouihamza Жыл бұрын
nice video man, keep going
@akaisenpaitsubakihiganbana67066 ай бұрын
BELA TAAR'S MOVIES,. i.e, SATANTANGO, TURIN HORSE , MAN FROM LONDON etc.
@Simii10 ай бұрын
Great video!
@moeezS10 ай бұрын
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.
@somedeerboi10 ай бұрын
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.
@samjrankin10 ай бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
you should watch the film still life it's fantastic
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
Thanks, it's on my watch list now!
@rafaelfranco519311 ай бұрын
Great video! Missing: Pedro Costa’s films🇵🇹 An elephant sitting still😢 Tarkovsky
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! Yeah so many more to check out, which Tarkovsky is your favoutite?
@naeemashaari11 ай бұрын
i love watching early works of Bong Joon-Ho like Mother and Memories of Murder !
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
Mother is one of my favourite films ever!
@MorphingReality Жыл бұрын
interesting stuff, and more to watch :)
@sunglance10 ай бұрын
The Assassin 2015 👌🏻
@TenHeadedSkeleton11 ай бұрын
Bela Tarr
@maryamadegbite7585 Жыл бұрын
love ur editing style
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@timsmythfilmsandanimations11 ай бұрын
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.
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
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!
@timsmythfilmsandanimations11 ай бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
Great video, but did you just do a video on slow cinema without naming Béla Tarr.
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
I think I did, sounds like a blind spot! Thanks, I’ll check him out for sure!
@MA-go7ee11 ай бұрын
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.
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
Definitley a lot of people feel the same way, thanks for getting involved!
@marcogianesello608310 ай бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
It’s always to mix things up, and these films are a wonderful cinema reset!
@samartzhere10 ай бұрын
What is slow cinema??
@m-l-345611 ай бұрын
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.
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
Thank you! Was the music a bit too loud? Sorry bout that, it sounded fine in premiere , but yes will adjust next time !
@monosTVsports11 ай бұрын
Where can we check out her movies?
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
If you're talking about Joanna Hogg, the Souveneir part one and two is streamin on Apple movie/ Google Play.
@waxcpc Жыл бұрын
What I like about low and slow cinema is that it gives me great ASMR tingles.
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
Memoria, especially they country scenes near the river, is ASMR heaven.
@pranav_sh25 Жыл бұрын
Can We get a list of all these films?
@kraseidon Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Aboslute champion move, thanks !
@monktv4090 Жыл бұрын
Ozu….you forgot Ozu and Andrew Bujalski
@samjrankin Жыл бұрын
Totally - I realise I need to make a part 2 and focus on Ozu a lot, one of the greats of slow cinema!
@blakereals11 ай бұрын
What's the song in the background?
@samjrankin11 ай бұрын
Society's Dream by Mini Vandals - one of the ace KZbin music tracks provided!
@OtesOtesOtes10 ай бұрын
Ironically you talked a lot this video
@jmdi2703 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@samjrankin Thanks this honest answer dude. 😅
@marcogianesello608310 ай бұрын
"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