n. A movie genre that features slow pacing, minimalist scenes, long takes, and a focus on details and mood rather than narrative.
2010
It may indeed be a "generational" thing as far as age is concerned, but I tend to think it's more about a certain sensibility, in the same way that "slow cinema" came under fire not long ago.
2010
The burning touch paper in this case was a piece in cinephile glossy Sight and Sound about the merits of what has become known semi-affectionately as "slow cinema" — the wilfully drama-lite strain of meditative and minimalist film that's become a staple diet for a chunk of the festival circuit in recent years.
2002 (earliest)
"Gerry" Gus Van Sant's experiment in "slow cinema" drove people into fury and ecstasy, with almost nobody standing in the middle. Matt Damon and Casey Affleck wander lost in a desert, while Van Sant and a minuscule crew stage long, quiet, gorgeous, patience-testing shots.
Commissioned by the university after a national competition, and completed with assistance from Western Metal Fabricators of Lethbridge, this large, powerful 1982 assembly of steel wolves and a dog, a portal and a dramatic landscape profile, has been described by the artist as "a kind of slow cinema."