Wednesday 17 February 2021

spoiler alert

Via TYWKIWDBI, we quite enjoyed this cinematic, recursive juxtaposition curated and edited by Jacob T. Swinney that displays the first frames of a film side-by-side with the final scene. Where there is a correspondence between the visual milieu of the beginning and the end, I think it must register with the audience even on an unconscious level, even if we’ve forgotten the establishing shots. More at the link above.