Original artwork, not a still
We're about to make film history, right here on videotape.
— Boogie Nights • 1997
Behind the line
What it means
Our 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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