Watch Trouble in the Image (1996) Online

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. Read More

Watch Trouble in the Image online. Featuring , Trouble in the Image is classified as genre movie with an average rating across the web of 5.7. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was released on 1996. Trouble in the Image was directed by Pat O'Neill. Read Less