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Amazin'. It is amazing. Because it's just static frames, with darkness in between. But...

Stephen: Amazin'.
Norman: It is amazing. Because it's just static frames, with darkness in between. But there's a little flaw in your optic nerve so that if I run the film at 24 frames per second you don't see the darkness.
Stephen: Wow.
Norman: It's called the Phi Phenomenon. Viewing static images rapidly in succession crates an Illusion of motion. Illusion of life

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Amazin'
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It is amazing
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Because it's just static frames with darkness in between
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But there's a little flaw in your optic nerve
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so that if I run the film at 24 frames per second
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you don't see the darkness
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Wow
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It's called the Phi Phenomenon
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Viewing static images rapidly in succession
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creates an illusion of motion
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Illusion of life
Duration
47 seconds
Views
175
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:46
Uploaded
Mar 13, 2025
Genres
Production
Searchlight Pictures,Neal Street Productions,TSG Entertainment

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Movie Summary

A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.