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Community => Coffee Lounge => Music, Books, Film, Theatre, TV... => Topic started by: arobwk on May 07, 2021, 12:10:35 am

Title: More brilliant "slow TV"
Post by: arobwk on May 07, 2021, 12:10:35 am

"Handmade" series on BBC 4 - brilliant. I'm watching episode 1 "Metal" right now.


I note that the phrase "slow TV" has now caught on !!!!!

Title: Re: More brilliant "slow TV"
Post by: arobwk on October 27, 2021, 11:32:00 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000z2cy/aquarela (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000z2cy/aquarela)
Wave sequences about 3/4s in are simply mind-blowing.

Title: Re: More brilliant "slow TV"
Post by: Fleecewife on October 28, 2021, 11:42:29 am

Having been 'obliged' to watch a slow film, no commentary, of a train travelling up Australia from south to north, including the bits in the dark and everything going on inside, I'm very wary of the genre  :roflanim:

Title: Re: More brilliant "slow TV"
Post by: arobwk on October 30, 2021, 08:19:09 pm

Do selectively watch (fast forward) it just for the humongous ocean wave sequences - they really are mind blowing.