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This is very trippy and will take some time to process. Part of me is in revolt: "You shouldn't be able to make a film about me and my house!" And yet, I know t
by boredguy8 16y ago
This is very trippy and will take some time to process. Part of me is in revolt: "You shouldn't be able to make a film about me and my house!" And yet, I know that it's not about me or my house per se.
Yet this is clearly a portent of things to come: when everything I see is 'about' me.
For instance, when people cull Street View data (or something similar) to identify houses with wood siding, and send direct-marketed advertising with a "before" and "after" photos of the house with aluminum siding or fresh paint. I could potentially identify east/west facing houses and market shade trees or awnings.
My movies could be similarly contextualized: living in LA I get to see a lot of architecture I recognize since so many films are made here. So I see Fox Plaza in Die Hard or Fight Club. Why shouldn't Des Moines residents see 801 grand topple, instead?
And the ending, as trees 'reclaim' the space? I've often wondered what people might think if they were to return to this place following a catastrophic collapse of civilization. Now I have a visual inkling of what they might see.
There's something interesting going on here that more insightful minds will hopefully digest.
- tlrobinson 16y ago"I've often wondered what people might think if they were to return to this place following a catastrophic collapse of civilization. Now I have a visual inkling of what they might see." Check out the book "The World Without Us": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Without_Us http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Without_Us