Past Locarno Winner Eduardo Williams Reimagines our Cinematic Present in ‘The Human Surge 3,’ Shot Using a 360º Camera
variety.comEduardo Williams’ latest Locarno main competition title “The Human Surge 3.” Ever since he broke into the festival scene with 2011’s “I Could See a Puma,” and later solidified his festival standing with Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present winner “The Human Surge” (2016), Eduardo Williams’ oeuvre has stood out by embracing the formal possibilities of new media, and rethinking our relationship with images through its insightful inquiries on human connectivity and digital textures.
These thematic concerns are also integral to “The Human Surge 3,” in which he continues his ever-present forage for novel cinematic avenues. “I tend to try not to stick to typical ways of thinking about the future or present.
I might be more or less original in different ways, of course, but more than the future, my artistic desire has much more to do with addressing our current times.
So many moments in my life, I’ve experienced relating to people through the computer. This has become physical life, and I like to try to do films that embrace this idea,” Williams puts it.
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