PressPausePlay (2011)

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunities. But does democratized culture ... See full summary »

Directors:

David Dworsky, Victor Köhler

Stars:

Apparat, Ólafur Arnalds, Scott Belsky

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Apparat	...	Himself
Ólafur Arnalds	...	Himself
Scott Belsky	...	Himself
Robyn Carlsson	...	Herself
Hot Chip	...	Themselves
Mike Cosola	...	Himself
André de Ridder	...	Himself
Bill Drummond	...	Himself
Lena Dunham	...	Herself
David Girhammar	...	Himself
Seth Godin	...	Himself
Zach Hancock	...	Himself
Keith Harris	...	Himself
Norman Hollyn	...	Himself
Katie Johnson	...	Herself

Storyline

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunities. But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy or mediocrity? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world's most influential creators of the digital era.

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Plot Keywords:

digital | culture | democratized | creativity

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Taglines:

A Film about Hope, Fear and Digital Culture

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Genres:

Documentary | Music

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Sweden Australia France USA Iceland Japan Germany Spain Norway UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

House of Radon

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Ljósið"
Artist: Ólafur Arnalds
Label: Erased Tapes Records.
Album: Found Songs

User Reviews

An Excellent Film on the Democratization of Culture in the Digital Age

PressPausePlay is a provocative documentary that explores what is happening to art, literature, music, and film in an age where everyone can be an artist. (Although not discussed in this film, there is a very similar situation in news media where established media is losing its economic base due to the growth web logs and news aggregation websites.) As a result of new technologies such as digital cameras, video editing software, and the web, we now provide more and more people with the ability to create and distribute various forms of art in a manner that never existed before in history. Millions of people can produce art at relatively low costs compared to what it used to produce a film, a song, or a book. Thus a million flowers are allowed to bloom, but it seems like the standards of quality are being diluted. The gatekeepers have been lost in the new digitized world, because individuals get to decide that they can produce art. PressPausePlay has begun look at this truly profound question of what is art and what is it becoming in the digital age? This excellent documentary explores these questions through interviews with a series of articulate and thoughtful artists and commentators. This is a conversation that we need to be having in the information age. Democratization of art may in fact be produces millions of mediocre YouTube video and songs at cost that the talent of real artists may be overshadowed. This is a trouble situation that needs a lot more discussion.