7.12.2006 15:26
Lars von Trier unveils Lookey concept
After giving the film world Dogme and Automavision, Lars von Trier has unleashed his latest concept: Lookey.
The Danish director describes Lookey as a “basic mind game, played with movies as game boards.”
Von Trier explains that a Lookey is an out-of-context visual element added to a film, with five to seven to be found in each feature. “For the casual observer it’s just a glitch or mistake but for the initiated it’s a riddle to be solved,” he explained. ”All Lookeys in a movie can be decoded by a system that is unique for the movie. To decipher the system is part of the challenge.” His new comedy The Boss Of It All uses the concept, and von Trier says that the first viewer in Denmark to find all of that film’s Lookeys will win $5,344 (DKR 30,000) and the chance to be an extra in his next film.
The director says the concept will address film’s “great flaw – it’s a one-way media with a passive audience.”
As with Dogme, von Trier says the concept is “an open invitation to all film-makers.”
The concept is explained at www.lookey.dk.
Lähde: Screen Daily