Where to Watch Trouble in the Image (1996)

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We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Trouble in the Image' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Trouble in the Image' right now, here are some finer points about the flick.

Released March 20th, 1996, 'Trouble in the Image' stars The PG movie has a runtime of about 38 min, and received a user score of 57 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 3 well-known users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Optical printing pioneer Pat O’Neill uses “his skills in special effects production to extrapolate metaphysical meaning from the ordinariness of industrialized culture” (Scott Stark). In O’Neill’s playful film, “trouble in the image” may take the form of a disturbing moment in a narrative, how-to instructions for creating an image, or pictures that break apart and lose their literal meaning. O'Neill: “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 special-effects technology turned against itself. The reward is to be found in immersion within a space of complex and intricate formal relationships”. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016." .