Two 3D features by Ken Jacobs: The Guests (2014) and Ulysses in the Subway (2017)
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The Guests (2014) All film is a lie told by technology, in collaboration with the tendency of our brains to organize sense data into a coherent form. A film shows us still images rapidly, we see motion. Images and sound are recorded and replayed separately, but synchronized such that we “hear” the sounds emerge from the images. These tricks normally remain hidden from view, and commercial filmmakers typically work to ensure they do. But 3D has an inherent tendency to bring it back into view, because it requires our willful collaboration in the process of self-trickery. We put on special glasses to make the images “correct” while we can readily see that this is not their “actual” form.
Two 3D features by Ken Jacobs: The Guests (2014) and Ulysses in the Subway (2017)
Two 3D features by Ken Jacobs: The Guests…
Two 3D features by Ken Jacobs: The Guests (2014) and Ulysses in the Subway (2017)
The Guests (2014) All film is a lie told by technology, in collaboration with the tendency of our brains to organize sense data into a coherent form. A film shows us still images rapidly, we see motion. Images and sound are recorded and replayed separately, but synchronized such that we “hear” the sounds emerge from the images. These tricks normally remain hidden from view, and commercial filmmakers typically work to ensure they do. But 3D has an inherent tendency to bring it back into view, because it requires our willful collaboration in the process of self-trickery. We put on special glasses to make the images “correct” while we can readily see that this is not their “actual” form.