Great Performers: L.A. Noir
"Nine virtual-reality films starring the year's best actors - and you, the viewer."
An unusual video project accompanies this year’s Great Performers photo portfolio. These nine black-and-white films, written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (with two by Ami Canaan Mann), let the viewer inhabit a scene opposite some of Hollywood’s greatest actors, all in a series of classic film-noir scenarios. The action takes place in a dimly lit bar — an enveloping, 360-degree set, with all wiring and lights cleverly built into the scene. And in each short drama, the V.R. camera plays the role of a major character: The stars were instructed to play their scenes with the camera, speaking to it, singing to it, walking around it in circles, firing a gun at it.
Directors: Ami Canaan Mann, Armando Kirwin, Gina Prince-Bythewood
Writers: Ami Canaan Mann, Gina Prince-Bythewood
Cast
Homepage: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/08/magazine/great-performers-la-noir.html
IMDB: tt6777758