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Painted Monitor

1979 · 5 min

A cool, abstract five-minute experiment that turns a night of television into drifting blue light and patient, minimal observation.

Overview
An evening of television is apparently reduced to a few minutes. The image is blue, with an occasional hint of red for contrast.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • technology
    • media
    • isolation
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • single location
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism4
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness3
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Directed by
    Edward Luyken
    Runtime
    5 min
    Country
    Netherlands

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