Learn About 'The Art of Slow Motion in Film' with a New Video Essay

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“We have no control of time. Except, of course, you’re a filmmaker.” There’s an excellent new video essay made by Julian Palmer to check out, this one all about the use of slow motion. The video examines the slow motion work in films ranging from Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries (1957) to many of Scorsese’s films including Mean Streets (1973) and Taxi Driver (1976) to recent films like Zack Snyder’s Watchmen (2009), Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker (2008), Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive (2011) and Pete Travis’ Dredd (2012), which had a crazy cool slo-mo storyline. Of course there’s the scene in The Matrix, because it’s so iconic. There’s plenty to admire and plenty to learn in this video essay on slow motion, so check it out. ›››