Violent Movies Unraveled (2013)
If movie attackers had to face their attackees…
Since the beginning of film history, cinema has compressed physical space onto a single plane – the movie screen. This means we never really see characters face to face – no matter what they’re doing to one another. “Violent Movies Unraveled” re-edits famous movie scenes for two screens so that attackers face their attackees.
The prototype performance happened on a pair of apartment windows in Los Angeles on December 7, 2012. The windows were visible to people walking or driving past the building. The movies used for the proto-show were Psycho and Scarface. Although sound wasn’t used in the proto-show, I’ve included split-screen composites below that show the source videos with sound:
Split-screen composites of the source videos with sound:
“Scarface Unraveled” – split screen composite
“Psycho Unraveled” – split screen composite
The Violent Movies Unraveled proto-show was developed in residence at iotaCenter.