Slow Cinema 101 w/ Matthew Cody Lang | The Turin Horse, The Headless Woman & Passing Summer #086

In this special episode, Dhruv invites Atlanta-based singer, actor, and cinephile Matthew Cody Lang to discuss the hypnotic allure of Slow Cinema -- a broad, relatively new cinematic movement characterized by filmmakers' use of varying aesthetic strategies usually NOT prioritized by mainstream cinema. We first discuss our introductions to it, what we categorize as 'Slow Cinema,' and why we keep returning to it despite its reputation, in select quarters, as "cultural vegetables" cinema. Then, we turn our attention to three films, hoping to dismantle the idea that only movies with "long takes = Slow Cinema." Yes, we are discussing one of Slow Cinema's most emblematic works -- Belá Tarr's "The Turin Horse." But the other two films -- Angela Schanelec's "Passing Summer" & Lucrecia Martel's "The Headless Woman" -- swerve away from the stasis emphasized in Tarr's film. (At times, "Summer" even uses montage.) They still belong to 'Slow Cinema,' though, because they encourage, what we believe, is a form of thinking and feeling based not only on plot but on form and gesture itself. To hear us geek out about all this in detail, please listen to the full episode! **************************************    Do hit 'Follow' on Spotify if you haven't already to help the podcast reach more people!  You can (& should) follow Cody everywhere! Here are the links: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@matthewlang7019/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/_matthewcodylang_/ LETTERBOXD: https://letterboxd.com/matthewcodylang/ You can watch "Passing Summer" officially here: https://dafilms.com/director/11919-angela-schanelec. You can read the book referenced in the episode here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1g09wrj. **************************************  You can also follow our Instagram page: https://instagram.com/queenisdead.filmpodcast  Dhruv: https://www.instagram.com/terminalcinema/  Follow us on Letterboxd at:  Dhruv - https://letterboxd.com/aterminalcinema/