

Plot Summary
Do machines play music? Is there a difference between a dot matrix printer and a record turntable? Optical Sound, Taanila’s 2005 wide-screen interpretation of [The User]’s brutalist sound piece for an array of obsolete printers, depicts the devices ratcheting horizontally together in a stalled symphony, inkjets repeatedly blackening the same area on the page. It is not the blurring of man with machine that lies at the core of this film, but the blurring of the spaces that each has been traditionally obliged to occupy. We disappear into our data streams, which are everywhere and “nowhere” at the same time. (Ken Hollings)
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Director & Crew
Mika Taanila
Director
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It has a TMDB rating of 6.0/10 based on 2 votes.
Who directed Optical Sound?
Optical Sound was directed by Mika Taanila and released in 2005.
How long is Optical Sound?
Optical Sound has a runtime of 0 hours and 6 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 2005-01-01
- Status
- Released