In Digital Amber Clad - CRANK (2006)

The year is 2006 - YouTube still has training wheels on, the Xbox 360 and PS3 are about to throw down, and digital filmmaking is ready to explode! In a year full of exciting experimentation from auteurs such as David Lynch and Michael Mann, directors Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine are the first to mix all these postmodern moments in an exciting cocktail, and a bonafide VEHICLE for Jason Statham! As his Chev Chellios tears apart downtown Los Angeles to avoid death-by-poison, your hosts dive into this unique moment in history for the digital, Taylor/Neveldine's virtuoso camera set-ups, and the evolution of perspective. What if the medium is no longer mere message, nor even massage - what if it were mirage? Our high-octane musings aside, enjoy this rapid-fire crash course on this delightfully confident, late aughts piece of action filmmaking!

Lorrie Palmer's Essay - "Cranked" Masculinity: Hypermediation in Digital Action Cinema