The Long-Necked Gaze:

January 2, 2025 9:57 AM

Seedlings of an Animalic Imagination. In recent years, some cinema has taken a bold turn away from anthropomorphism in its depiction of nonhuman animals, refusing to “make tame.” (Olivia Popp, MUBI Notebook)
posted by sapagan (2 comments total)

recent advent of motion smoothing and frame-rate sampling options [wiki] on television monitors {means} many household pets were suddenly granted the ability to more smoothly perceive media made for the human eye

interesting. thank you!
posted by HearHere at 12:45 PM on January 2 [1 favorite]

Oh gosh, that was a good essay. Although I kept expecting her to bring up Gunda, which surely would fit right in with these movies?
posted by mittens at 3:56 PM on January 2