A slow pace is at least pacing, and I think it's fine that, say, Bergman films unfold leisurely. You feel you're in the hands of an artist who is in control. The metronome may be set a certain way, but it's deliberate.
Godard's films seem slow because they are fucking boring. (Dear lord, good luck with anything he made post-70s, with maybe two or three exceptions. Even the trailers are snooze-fests.)
Big difference, I think.
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