Time and the Everyday in Slow Cinema

Rosa Barotsi

ISBN 10: 3965580930 / ISBN 13: 9783965580930

Published by ICI Berlin Press, ICI Berlin Press Jul 2025, 2025

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Time and the Everyday in Slow Cinema examines the phenomenon of Slow cinema, a style defined by its lingering focus on quotidian activities and extended durations. Rosa Barotsi argues that while the style emerges from a tradition of durational filmmaking and resonates with movements advocating for deceleration, it is also deeply entangled in the structures of late capitalism, creating a dynamic tension between radicalism and conservatism. This book situates the trend between artistic innovation and institutional commodification, ultimately raising critical questions about spectatorship, cinematic time, and the politics of cultural value.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 350 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Time and the Everyday in Slow Cinema
• Publisher: ICI Berlin Press, ICI Berlin Press Jul 2025
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3965580930
• ISBN 13: 9783965580930
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 203W x 127H x 21D millimeters 203 millimeters width by 127 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 421 grams

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Synopsis

Time and the Everyday in Slow Cinema examines the phenomenon of Slow cinema, a style defined by its lingering focus on quotidian activities and extended durations. Rosa Barotsi argues that while the style emerges from a tradition of durational filmmaking and resonates with movements advocating for deceleration, it is also deeply entangled in the structures of late capitalism, creating a dynamic tension between radicalism and conservatism. This book situates the trend between artistic innovation and institutional commodification, ultimately raising critical questions about spectatorship, cinematic time, and the politics of cultural value.

About the Author

Rosa Barotsi is a researcher at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Principal Investigator of the NextGeneration EU-funded project IMFilm. Her research and curatorial work explore the intersections of film, gender, and labour. She is a co-founder of the Feminist Frames network and the In Front of the Factory collective. She recently co-edited the special issue 'Gender and Labour in the Italian Screen Industries' in Comunicazioni Sociali (2023). She was previously a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow and a Fellow at ICI Berlin.