One of the worst films it's ever been my displeasure to sit through. Complete waste of time from start to finish. No wonder modern art's got such a bad name.

I thought I would hate this, but it was strangely hypnotic. I knew that it was just a 45-minute zoom shot with stuff going on that gets ignored, but the sine tones helped me really get into it. All the shit done with filters complimented it well too.

Spoiler alert: it's a photo of the sea.

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Would have enjoyed it a lot more if I could have found a version that didn't look like it had been dragged behind someone's car. Still rather engaging and accessible, especially for a structural film, although it takes forever to end after the woman makes the phone call.

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aaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii that's the sound you'll hear for the final 3/4 of the film. Snow takes an interesting concept, fixed slowly zooming camera, adds a unique twist of visual trickery, and throws it all away by blatantly and purposefully annoying the audience with a high pitched squeal. Does the film have redeeming qualities? Definitely. Are they worth sitting through the film for? Not for me.

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Calling it just a zoom in on a wall seems to me very reductionist. As the colours and lighting shift due to filters you occasionally come across a profound moment where it is like seeing the room again for the first time. And all the time there's a slight tension to the whole thing - what is that we are zooming in on? I can understand why many people detest it but I thought it was an interesting and generally effective, if occasionally annoying (that sine-wave v_v), little film.

Having suffered through La Region Centrale, I was really dreading this. I had my witty, scathing review already written in my head. But I actually liked this one. It's a lot more than just a zoom shot, there's several unexpected surprises. The slow, determined movement of the camera and the incessant, rising electronic drone on the soundtrack create a sense of impending doom, and even more so when the rhythms get falter or get thrown off. Not for everyone, but I would totally watch this again.

I watched a very low-quality print, but even through that the film has an uncomfortable hypnotizing power that's hard to quantify.