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August 13, 2025

Cinema is Dead and I Know Who Killed It

21 minutes

I'm curious to hear what YOU think about the future of cinema. Do you care that you're no longer able to identify with the camera itself, and imagine how the filmmakers achieved their shots in real space? Or are you simply excited by the new possibilities opened up by virtual space? Let me know!

For the filmmakers out there, I highly recommend reading this classic essay "For an imperfect cinema" by Julio García Espinosa: https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC20folder/ImperfectCinema.html

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction

0:42 Impossible Cinema

6:25 Perfect Cinema

14:46 Future Imperfect

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