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“Art films” and the nature of boredom

Posted on June 22, 2011December 16, 2024 by Kenneth George Godwin

An exchange between critics and readers in the NYTimes prompts some thoughts about the nature of boredom and why so many people get defensive about “art films”.

DVD of the week: West of the Tracks (Tie Xi Qu)

Posted on March 7, 2011December 8, 2022 by Kenneth George Godwin

West of the Tracks (Tie Xi Qu) would be a remarkable film under any circumstances. But the fact that it was the first project of a young filmmaker, Wang Bing, essentially working alone with a digital video camera, shooting over a period of two years, then editing over several more years (the film appeared at […]

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