Pedestrian Dharma: Slowness and Seeing in Tsai Ming-Liang’s Walker

Pedestrian Dharma: Slowness and Seeing in Tsai Ming-Liang’s Walker

This paper studies the ways that Walker, a short film by the Malaysian-Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-Liang, visualizes the relationship between Buddhism and modernity. Via detailed film analysis as well as attention to sources in premodern Buddhist traditions, this paper argues that its filmic performa...

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Main Author: Teng-Kuan Ng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:Religions
Subjects:
Buddhism and modernity
contemplative studies
kinhin
slow cinema
transnational Chinese cinema
Tsai Ming-Liang
walking meditation
Zen ritual
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/7/200

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