“You'll Never Get It If You Don't Slow Down, My Friend”: Towards a Rhythmanalysis of the Everyday in the Cinema of Jim Jarmusch and Gus Van Sant

This essay offers close readings of films by the independent US directors Jim Jarmusch and Gus Van Sant with a particular focus on their slow-paced representation of everyday life. Building on the work of Henri Lefebvre, the author proposes that so-called “slow cinema” can be read not simply as an a...

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Published in:	Journal of American studies 2020-05, Vol.54 (2), p.385-406
Main Author:	JARVIS, BRIAN
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Aesthetics Cameras Capitalism Epic literature Everyday life Exegesis & hermeneutics Frost, Robert (1874-1963) Hegemony Independent films Jarmusch, Jim (1953- ) Lefebvre, Henri (1901-1991) Literary canon Literary devices Logic Mass media images Motion picture directors & producers Motion pictures Narrative techniques Photography Plot (Narrative) Poetry Publishing Publishing industry Rhythm Traditions Van Sant, Gus Websites Williams, William Carlos (1883-1963)
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