Trouble in the Image (1996)

Optical printing pioneer Pat ONeill uses his skills in special effects production to extrapolate metaphysical meaning from the ordinariness of industrialized culture Scott Stark In ONeills playful film trouble in the image may take the form of a disturbing moment in a narrative howto instructions for creating an image or pictures that break apart and lose their literal meaning ONeill The film is made up of dozens of performances dislodged from other contexts These are often relocated into contemporary industrial landscapes or interrupted by the chopping shredding or flattening of specialeffects technology turned against itself The reward is to be found in immersion within a space of complex and intricate formal relationships