Critical Focal Acuity (redux)
(Fade In)
-Series of found moving images as the film racks out of focus
-Series of stills: long open highways receding into the horizon line; traffic jammed still; parking lots (these sequences without people in the frames)
-Series of of shots resolving into sharp critical focus: buildings from various anonymous downtowns
(Fade Out)
– 4 seconds of clear leader
(Fade In)
-4 seconds of black leader
(Lap Dissolve)
-Asynchronous sound of obtuse observations about reality shows broadcast on the E! Network, c. 2007 / Over clear leader
-Mundane observations about obscure European celebrities / Over black leader
-Silence / Over cut-ups compiled from 33 sequences of film, all exactly 105 frames long, thrown into the air, and then assembled by chance operation
(Lap Dissolve)
-A Random Series Of Magnified Images Of Fleas
(Voice Over):
“The way that fleas become infective is due to a feature of their alimentary system—they have not only a stomach, or a ventriculus, but also a proventriculus, which acts as a valve that regulates the food that the flea is ingesting and trying to get to its stomach.”
(Lap Dissolve)
-American National Anthem plays
-A flagless flag pole pings as the wind whips two metal swivel flag snaps on a rope resoundingly into metal pole.
(Voice Over):
“This concludes our broadcast day …”
(Fade to Black)
White Noise.
What I’m Reading:
“Mother Jones voting rights correspondent Ari Berman joined the show, to document the backlash to GOP map-rigging. “They’re not lowering gas prices, they’re not ending the war, they’re not making anything more affordable. What are they doing? They’re rigging the districts to try to choose their own electorate,” Ari said. “I think it just pissed people off.”
— Mother Jones Editorial / “America to Trump: You’re a Loser” / Mother Jones
