THE NEW ARRIVAL (2000)
a short interactive movie by amy talkington
starring lucille patton, ron crawford and john canada terrell
please note: we are working to restore a higher quality version of the film. but this gives you the rough sense of the experience.
"the new arrival" was the world's first immersive movie in which the viewer could navigate him/herself through a scene.
"the new arrival" was unveiled by atomfilms.com at the cannes international film market in 2000, where it was critically acclaimed. it went on to screen in the sundance and rotterdam online film festivals as well as being presented at the pompidou museum in paris as an example of a "film of tomorrow."
"the new arrival" was an online hit, for which the new york times named amy talkington "one of the few women to break out on the internet."
"the new arrival" eventually landed in a commonly used film textbook, "film: an introduction," as an important example of early interactive storytelling.
zachary mortensen produced, matt diehl co-wrote the script and talkington's frequent collaborator jim denault acted as cinematographer.
trt: 4 minutes, video, stereo, © 2000.
