Unknown Error
2016 · 4m
Directed by Noah Malone
Genres: experimental
Tones: contemplative, dark, surreal
An experimental short operating in the space between digital failure and human error — the title names both the subject and the aesthetic.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
The title is a diagnosis and a genre — Noah Malone made a film called Unknown Error and 26,000 people watched it without getting any closer to knowing what it is.
Four minutes about debit-card error states with 26K views and no useful description — could be Paul Sharits for the corrupted-download generation or could be nothing. The mystery is part of the appeal but my confidence is low.
Four-minute experimental piece on debit-card error screens that has somehow pulled 26K Vimeo views and a Vimeo staffer's personal blessing — the page gives me almost nothing, but the digital-failure-as-cinema pitch is intriguing. Going on faith.