Abel Ferrara guides viewers through his unmade political thriller Birds of Prey, set amid 1970s New York City, in this indie VR documentary. The series revives shelved films via volumetric capture as Ferrara, Tsai Ming-Liang, Catherine Hardwicke, Lee Myung-Se, and Naomi Kawase explain key elements and reasons for abandonment. Each of the five standalone episodes lasts 8 minutes and works standing.
This casual VR experience reveals the creative processes of renowned directors and cinema's untold history. Watchers encounter independent stories in any sequence. It suits film enthusiasts drawn to concise, filmmaker-led narratives.
Birds of Prey would have been the political thriller of Abel Ferrara’s dreams…until it all fell apart. The neo-noir, provocative director behind movies like Ms. 45 (1981) and Bad Lieutenant (1992), takes us with him on a journey through the heart of the 70's New York City.
MISSING PICTURES is a 5-part documentary series in VR that brings to life unmade films. Shot in volumetric capture, the filmmakers Abel Ferrara, Tsai Ming-Liang, Catherine Hardwicke, Lee Myung-Se and Naomi Kawase narrate to us some key points of the movie and why it was never made.
What’s MISSING PICTURES?
* An immersive dive into the mind of some of the most interesting filmmakers of our time
* A unique documentary about history of Cinema
* Produced by ATLAS V, the award-winning studio that brought Gloomy Eyes, Battlescar, Madrid Noir, Ayahuasca - Kosmik Journey
* Five independent episodes, to be discovered in any order
A series directed by Clément Deneux from an original idea by Joseph Beauregard
Coproduced by Atlas V, ARTE France, BBC, PTS, Serendipity Films, Wild Fang Films, Giioii
With the support from CNC, Pictanovo, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Procirep-Angoa, TAICCA, Film Fund Luxembourg, RAPA and Ministry of Science and ICT (Republic of Korea)
Duration: 8 minutes
To be experienced standing
