whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir uses a computer to create a new movie every time it's played
It's fun rewatching a?movie you love over and over again, but it sometimes gets old when you already know its plot twists like the back of your hand. Eve Sussman's new film overcomes this problem by telling a different story every time it's shown, thanks to a computer that edits it in real time.
The flick called?whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir was recently shown thrice at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, and each screening told a story vastly different from the other. According to Sussman and co-writer Jeff Wood, one screening was painful to watch, one was mediocre, and one was outstanding. Their secret lies in a program that strings full a movie together out of 3,000?video clips, 150 pieces of?music, and 80 voiceovers.
Installed on a Mac G5 computer tower they dubbed "serendipity machine," the program relies on tags to choose the clips it plays ? a process similar to how internet radio?Pandora works. So if the first clip the computer picks is tagged "science," the program looks for other clips with the same tag and chooses one among them as the next sequence.
Wood and Sussman admit that the program doesn't always work the way they expect it to, but that aspect lends the movie a semblance of reality. "We all have good days and bad days. We have moments where [something] interesting happens that you might try to hold onto, but you can't. In that way, [this film] is just like life," Sussman tells Wired.
whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir focuses on a geophysicist named Holz, and has a predominantly chilly atmosphere emphasized by its grayish tone. It's inspired by classic sci-fi films?Alphaville by Jean-Luc Godard and?Solaris by Andrei Tarkovsky. After Sundance, the movie will be shown at the?Berlin International Film Festival and at the?Santa Fe SITE contemporary art space.
[via?Wired]
This article was written by Mariella Moon and originally appeared on Tecca
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