Characters
We're about to make film history, right here on videotape.
— Jack Horner • Boogie Nights
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Making film history is an expansive ambition to announce about work being recorded on videotape. The line brings a claim to lasting significance into the immediate act of production. Its tension comes from that pairing of a grand historical promise with a specifically named recording medium.
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