EOS: Alka Seltzer

[Zachadoodle]

 

[Doug Jensen]

If your intention was to show an unsteady, out of focus, noisy, pixelated, crooked, really long boring shot . . . you have succeeded nicely. Well done. That's what makes this forum great!

 

[CharlesPapert]

I feel like it's a remake of the opening shot of The Conversation, with the alka-seltzer tablet playing Gene Hackman.

https://vimeo.com/140654307

 

[Paul F]

It's a re-interpretation of Kafka's 'The Trial' and the indigestion the world has at large.

 

[Zachadoodle]

:huh: Where's the alka seltzer in those films?

 

[Paul F]

Zach, the responses are whimsy - "playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor". It's not literal.

 

[Zachadoodle]

Ehh, maybe I'll get it next time.

 

[CharlesPapert]

My bit, Zach, was based on your very slow zoom in which reminded me of that opening shot in The Conversation which does the same (if you haven't watched the movie, it's a classic).

 

[NorBro]

I watched that entire intro to The Conversation (never seen it), which is rare for me, can't sit still.

I think old stuff is the only stuff I can watch; such a bizarre time as the world was just warming up to all the tech/faster crazy that was about to drop hard in the next 15-25+ years.

 

[Peter C.]

I was impressed by the opening too. Such a unique start never seen anything like it.

 

[NorBro]

Besides being intrigued by how weird it was and just the feeling of something feeling off, one of my favorite films growing up was Enemy of the State with Will Smith. Obviously as a kid I didn't understand it as well as an adult would, but you can imagine a young NorBro being intrigued by the idea of a government lying, spying, covering up all in a good ole fashioned 90s blockbuster.