Istanbul

With Istanbul Martine Rousset puts on the brakes to the worlds movement through a cinema of deceleration At the boundaries between image by image movement and optical fusion the rhythm of the film gives way to a suspended or floating time Is it not certain that the idea of duration is more able to render a perception of the city that rather burns for intense emotion It seems as if the camera cultivates a dreamy halfsleep To this soft throbbing blends however variation of exposure as well Therefore at certain times seeing becomes fragile and dangerous