On the latest issue of Wired, writer Xeni Jardin asked director Steven Soderbergh what major impact technology was having on filmmaking. Then, an established figure finally said it:
"I’d like to do multiple versions of the same film. I often do very radical cuts of my own films just to experiment, shake things up, and see if anything comes of it. I think it would be really interesting to have a movie out in release and then, just a few weeks later say: Here’s version 2.0, recut, rescored."
And there it is. A major filmmaker catching up to the concept of the remix. Is an exciting subgenre of movie sampling that’s unbound by the big screen and the standard 90-120 minute running time close behind? Hip-hop style short films mingling with hip-hop on your iPod. Godfather vs. Scarface on your cell phone. Remember back in the day when "deleted scenes" on DVD was actually satisfying?
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Yeah! I’ve been thinking about that for years! But never dared to do it… And it seems like no one else has done it except for VJays or maybe you remember that bushwhacked thingy http://mizubitchy.antville.org/stories/340335/
I want the whole thing. Let’s meta-tag all video content the Flickr and Google Videos Way and create a whole new, maybe even generative, narrative for Films! That would be some decent New Media!
Da M
November 23rd, 2005 at 7:43 am
Generative narrative! That’s excellent! Finally, the solution to wiping out bad movie sequels is in the horizon. How can you grind down an original story into a big budget Part 2 when the movie evolves perpetually?
Glad you could join me in my impatience.
November 24th, 2005 at 9:45 am