Scape-Mates (1972): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 1972, Scape-Mates is a notable film directed by Ed Emshwiller.

What it’s about. In one of his first experiments in video, Emshwiller creates an electronic landscape of both abstract and figurative elements, where colorized dancers are chroma-keyed into a mutable, computer-animated environment. Working with the "Scan-i-mate," an early analog video synthesizer, Emshwiller choreographs an architectural, illusory video space, in which frames proliferate within frames, disembodied heads and hands move within a collage of animated forms, and the dancers and their environment are subjected to constant transformations through image processing. With its witty interplay of the "real" and the "unreal" in an electronically rendered videospace, and the skillful manipulation and articulation of a sculptural illusion of three-dimensionality, Scape-mates introduced a new vocabulary of video image-making.

Who’s in it. Scape-Mates stars Emery Hermans as Dancer.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Scape-Mates page.