There is a specific alchemy to footage shot in the late aughts. We usually categorize film history by decades—the grainy 70s, the neon 80s, the glossy 90s. But I want to argue for a specific year:
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2008 film is the opposite of sterile. It is defective. It has gate weave. It has focus pulls that miss the mark. It has the 60hz hum of a CRT television in the background. There is a specific alchemy to footage shot