One school claims that hypnosis fundamentally alters a subject's state of mind; the
other believes that there is nothing radical about it, that all the strange
experiences and odd behaviors typically associated with hypnosis can be observed in people who are not actually in a
hypnotic trance.
Aside from the well - noted fact that more superior long - form drama (and comedy) can be found on television than in cinemas, the two most interesting motion picture
experiences I had in 2012 were in galleries: The Clock (Christian Marclay, 2010), a staggering and
hypnotic achievement of which I still have some of its 24 hours to catch up with, and two multi-screen installations by Candice Breitz: «Him» and «Her» in which many scenes from the films of Jack Nicholson (in Him) and Meryl Streep (in Her), isolate the actors from their filmic background leaving the actors to speak to and interrogate each
other across space and time on many themes of character, identity, success, failure, anger and disappointment.
They range from matte graphite gray, to gold, to a pearlescent burgundy, to white and all
other possible colors and are a
hypnotic experience for any viewer.