This week the boys caught the millennium bug, immersing themselves in films made at the turn of a new technological era. In the late nineties & early aughts filmmakers who dared to dance with digital video could capture compressed, constricted and chaotic footage, often surreptitiously and with new energy. By 2023 the revolt has been contained and the film industry once again dictates what constitutes a legitimate cinematic image.

Owen and Ralph and joined by friend of the pod Daniel Neofetou to reflect on the unique power of this era of filmmaking via a focused selection of DV classics:

FESTEN Thomas Vinterberg (1998)

VISITOR Q Takashi Miike (2001)

LOVE & POP Hideaki Anno (1998)

JULIEN DONKEY-BOY Harmony Korine (1999)

TIMECODE Mike Figgis (2000)

COLOSSAL YOUTH Pedro Costa (2006)

INLAND EMPIRE David Lynch (2006)

UNRELATED Joanna Hogg (2007)

YEAST Mary Bronstein (2008)