Analogue People in a Digital Age
Realizador Keith Walsh
Países Ireland
Duração 13 min
Sinopse
On the 24th of October 2012 the television transmission system on the island of Ireland changed from analogue to digital. On the day of the switchover, as the analogue age draws to a close, eight men sit at the bar and battle to remain relevant in the digital world, the TV in the corner a harbinger of the technological future. Conversations about life, death and quantum physics mix with pints to create a surreal document of the switchover day. The characters in the film are not concerned with Big Data, Google Glass, smart phones or mp3’s. They are tuned to a different frequency, caught between two worlds. Taking inspiration from that little piece of information that is lost in the transfer from analogue to digital, the film seeks to examine who and what is left behind in the relentless rush forward. The setting of the Irish pub is pertinent as it is itself a symbol of an analogue world that is in danger of being lost in modern society. The film essentially becomes a poetic, allegorical study of people at a certain time and place. The digital represents modernity, change and progress. The analogue represents the past and tradition. The difference between the two is what the film is about. It is about the characters that are living an analogue life in a digital world. As one of the characters says:, “It’s the not so straight and the not so perfect that is the lovely thing of life”
On the 24th of October 2012 the television transmission system on the island of Ireland changed from analogue to digital. On the day of the switchover, as the analogue age draws to a close, eight men sit at the bar and battle to remain relevant in the digital world, the TV in the corner a harbinger of the technological future. Conversations about life, death and quantum physics mix with pints to create a surreal document of the switchover day. The characters in the film are not concerned with Big Data, Google Glass, smart phones or mp3’s. They are tuned to a different frequency, caught between two worlds. Taking inspiration from that little piece of information that is lost in the transfer from analogue to digital, the film seeks to examine who and what is left behind in the relentless rush forward. The setting of the Irish pub is pertinent as it is itself a symbol of an analogue world that is in danger of being lost in modern society. The film essentially becomes a poetic, allegorical study of people at a certain time and place. The digital represents modernity, change and progress. The analogue represents the past and tradition. The difference between the two is what the film is about. It is about the characters that are living an analogue life in a digital world. As one of the characters says:, “It’s the not so straight and the not so perfect that is the lovely thing of life”