In this incredible shot from Park Chan-wook's Decision To Leave, Hae-joon interrogates Seo-rae while the camera focus alternates between each character, on either side of the reflection in the mirror. A true master at work.
Split diopter shots are such an obvious fit for how screen-laden and multimodal modern life is. I think its just Park Chan-wook on the money these days
@makkiek44 Institutions replaced by platforms > discourse subsumed by capital > individuals surveilled by each other >
culture as a form of
Learned Palantirism™️