Rough Cuts

Rough Cuts

Smartphones Are More Cinematic Than You Think

Here's why...

Ed William
Sep 27, 2024
∙ Paid
Decision to Leave (2022) | Directed by Park Chan-wook

Smartphones and cinema have long endured a frosty relationship. Like divorcees at a parents’ evening, they begrudgingly coexist while barely acknowledging the other’s presence.

In truth, the hostility is one-sided. An alien studying human culture solely through contemporary movies could be forgiven fo…

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