An oil barrel with cameras strapped to it sees more of NYC than you ever will.
Director Steve McQueen attached three cameras to the front and each end of an oil drum and rolled it through the streets of Manhattan. The results are projected onto three walls of an enclosed space.
Direction
McQueen turns a barrel into protagonist and prison.
Cinematography
Accidental framing becomes breathtaking city symphony.
Editing
Real-time duration refuses narrative comfort.
Director
Steve McQueen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
McQueen made this while studying at NYU—before his Turner Prize and Oscar-winning film career.
The three-camera rig anticipates our current panopticon of street surveillance, Ring doorbells, and TikTok's accidental aesthetics.
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