Admittedly, Monday's screening was not my favorite of the semester, but I nevertheless enjoyed a few of the films, particularly Vostell's Sun in Your Head and Viola's Reflecting Pool. I think one of the main reason I enjoyed these two more than the others is that they were slightly more ambiguous in terms of era. True, you knew they were more recent than other films we've watched because of the technology present in them, but they had a more timeless, universal quality than some of the other films we watched (in particular Farocki's Eye Machine I). Eye Machine I dealt so much with modern technology (even giving dates), that I found it less interesting and engaging, which is ironic considering that it would theoretically provide more relevance for me. Instead, I just found the specificity alienating.

And while I Want to See How You See was drastically unlike anything we've seen before, I still thought there were some interesting effects visually that created a true sense of disorientation, which, I would imagine, would result from seeing the world as another person does. At the very least, I think it was a mark of how far we've all come this semester that we could watch a baby in a long blonde wig and not immediately dismiss it as ridiculous.