Sunday, September 23, 2007
Revived: 1967 Czech communist-era "interactive cinema"
Boing Boing: "A system launched by the Czechs at the Montreal Expo 1967, touted as the world's first attempt at 'interactive cinema', was recently revived in the Prague theatre where it was first tested. Intriguingly, the Hollywood studios came close to licensing the 'Kinoautomat' technology."
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I had heard of this film somewhere though I can't really remember where or when but it's an amazing concept. It's amazing to see how it hasn't "aged" and still remains ahead of its time in terms of entertainment and breaking the barriers we still have today in the industry. It reminds me of Wright and Guggenheim's architecture in the sense that they were ground breaking in their time and still remain that way years later. Forty years may not seem like that long ago but when you think about how many social behaviors and trends have become acceptable and unacceptable it's amazing to think how a design concept can traverse time that way.
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