McQueen lies in bed in a Paris hotel, watching a dubbed TV programme about American special forces being trained for combat in Afghanistan. Shot using a domestic digital camera, the artist's body is illuminated by the flickering glow of the TV screen.
Direction
McQueen turns a hotel room into a commentary on global power.
Cinematography
That grainy DV aesthetic? Intentionally cheap, deliberately haunting.
Director
Steve McQueen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made months before 9/11, the film accidentally became prophetic about America's entanglement in Afghanistan.
McQueen shot this in one take, no crew, using consumer technology to question who gets to document history.
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