Through The Macro-Diamond, by Hanshan
When Belgian filmmaker, Lars Von Trier, began the production of his prized film, Dancer In The Dark , he did something no other filmmaker in history had ever done before. He positioned one-hundred Sony 3CCD cameras at strategic locations on the set of each shoot and then later took that footage to create what he had hoped to be The Perfect Shot for each scene. After the production was in the can, he explained in a later interview that he had failed and that to truly capture the perfect shot he would need several thousand cameras, possibly tens of thousands positioned all over the set in every nook and cranny. This of course was not financially sound for such an experimental project so he moved on to other projects. I remember at the time thinking how ballsy this was of him. With the superstar musician and elusive actress, Björk in the starring role, and a million dollars of other peoples' money to play with, he was still bold enough to experiment in the midst of it all. Surpr...