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Linklater: On Cinema and Time

2013 · 9 min

A calm, thoughtful video essay that invites you to slow down and think about how films capture passing time.

Directed by
Kogonada
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Richard Linklater
Overview
If cinema is the art of time, Linklater is one of its most thoughtful and engaged directors. Unlike other filmmakers identified as auteurs, Linklater’s distinction is not found on the surface of his films, in a visual style or signature shot, but rather in their DNA, as ongoing conversations with cinema, which is to say, with time itself. A visual essay produced by Sight and Sound.

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Directed by
Kogonada
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Richard Linklater
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Kogonada
    Starring
    Richard Linklater
    Runtime
    9 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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