Cuts
Picture, watched like a song
- October 2026
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Self Care — The Hardest Cut Is the One That Lets Him Out
Cut #3 — Mac Miller, Self Care / Oblivion (2018)A coffin, a flashlight, a carving, a smudge — and one hard cut at 3:21 that changes the camera’s relationship to him from roommate to witness. Christian Weber and Dustin Zimmer’s two-part video isn’t about escape. It’s about what escape costs.
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You Can See Everything — The Wide Shot Is the Accusation
Cut #2 — You Can See Everything (2026)Fifty-four seconds of close-ups, one offscreen baby coo, and three seconds of whole room. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s teaser makes proximity feel like knowledge, then takes the feeling apart.
- September 2026
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Roxy Richter — The Ninja Is the Cut
Cut #1 — Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)Seventy seconds in a snow alley. You don’t see her until she wants to be seen — ZIP, ZAP, POWNK, PAF. Edgar Wright selling a ninja with missing frames, diegetic type, and a kick drum of a punch.