Old Boy Director Cheats on Celluloid with iPhone
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So, it looks like acclaimed South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook, director of the awesome mind fuckery that is “Old Boy,” has found his inspiration for his new project – the iPhone. Sure, yes, this is nothing new, but the fact that a director, who has access to resources superior to the iPhone, is interested in making a film in this way speaks to the thesis of this site, which is: technology is now the source of our inspiration. That is, technology has affected the creative arts in an odd way. Our tools inspire us more than our desire to create content that speaks to the human condition. Content is no longer the focus. We’re as interested in or more interested in how that content is made manifest.
According to the AP, Park, when speaking to reporters, said, “The new technology creates strange effects because it is new and because it is a medium the audience is used to.”
He also suggests that the iPhone, because its cheap and easy to use, also allows for multiple camera set-ups, adding dexterity to a shoot. He’s not wrong. He’s right. There are benefits. However, this art is composed as an experiment. It is an excuse to use technology rather than create content for the sake of content. The film he makes will be known as an iPhone film. That will be its biggest claim to fame, its raison d’être.
Park also had this to say:
There are some good points of making a movie with the iPhone as there are many people around the world who like to play and have fun with them,” Park Chan-wook said. Compared to other movie cameras, the iPhone was good “because it is light and small and because anyone can use it.
What the fuck does that mean?
It means he actually doesn’t know why he did it. He was just inspired by the damn thing.
This is Cool and That is All
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I can’t say enough about how weird and wonderful I think this stuff is. Not only is it a great idea, it’s pulled off with great skill. The Herculean effort that went into faithfully reproducing, with oil on canvass, the flaws of immature digital sensors is unlike any I have come across, yet it feels right — perfect even. We have a new nostalgia for artifact laden images, as they represent a budding technology’s past. That being said, many of these images seem to be the product of cameras manufactured just three years ago. That’s a quick cycle! I’m not sure we’ve been nostalgic so quickly before, unless we’re talking McRibs.
In any case, again, the art here is beautiful but also inspired by technology.
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